Obama Keeps Pushing

Say what you want, this president has been the most inclusive of minorities than any before him.  And finally, a president has reached out to include transgender people.  Beginning with the appointment of Amanda Simpson as technical advisory for the Department of Commerce,  he is once again pushing the boundaries. Yesterday the White House hosted the LGBT Conference on Housing & Homelessness in Detroit, Michigan, in partnership with the Ruth Ellis Center. It is the second in a series of conferences being held across the country to address the unique needs of gay and transgender Americans, and comes on the heels of the announcement by Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who's department in January announced the new equal access rule, which will help reduce housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

If we can get legislation to protect transgender people, while at the same time activists and advocate can educate the general public, slowly, I think we'll continue to see the gap on injustice and discrimination close.