View From Washington: Pride?
COMMENTARY: While the Obama administration has made more gains toward LGBT equality than any previous administration, it has fallen short of the promise and potential of the times.
By Kerry Eleveld
http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Washington_D_C_/View_From_Washington_Pride/Last week, the Obama administration made what is arguably one of the largest federal equality advancements for transgender Americans in the history of this country when it revised an antiquated passport policy to allow people to accurately declare their gender identity without having undergone gender reassignment surgery.
Unsurprisingly, the change emanated from the Department of State, where secretary Hillary Clinton has continually used her authority to the fullest extent possible to advance equality on behalf of the global community's minorities and most disadvantaged – not least of which include women and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals here at home and around the world.
