From the don’t ask,don’t tell’ repeal to transgender rights to the passage of same-sex marriage, Obamas record on LGBT rights stands unprecedentedBarack Obama’s legacy on lesbian, or homosexual,bisexual and transgender rights will be front and center during his final State of the Union address on Tuesday evening: Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff Obergefell v Hodges, or the landmark supreme court case that legalized same-sex marriage across the country final year,will be joining first lady Michelle Obama in her personal box during the address. Obergefell is one of two dozen guests whom the White House says “represent the progress we absorb made since the president first delivered this speech seven years ago”.
After his prolonged “evolution” on the issue of same-sex marriage – he was for it before he was against it before he was for it – some exasperated homosexual men and lesbians speculated that Obama had lost the faith of a minority that had anticipated faster and more thorough action on its legislative priorities. But according to the activists, attorneys, and plaintiffs and community leaders who helped gain the dreams of homosexual and lesbian Americans a reality,Obama’s record on the expansion of LGBT liberties has been nothing short of miraculous.
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Source: theguardian.com