Blog Posts Related to the LGBT Community

Reactions from newspapers across the country to the President's ABC News interview yesterday.

The White House LGBT Conference on HIV/AIDS in Atlanta, Georgia brings together advocates, community organizers, health care providers, and elected officials for an important conversation on the impacts of HIV/AIDS on the LGBT community.

The President invites you, the American public, to nominate everyday heroes for one of our nation’s highest civilian honors.

LGBT families from Utah to Maryland reflect on their experiences at the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) proposes a revision to its customs declaration regulations that will reduce costs, improve traveler processing, and more accurately reflect relationships between members of the public who are traveling together as a family.

Hundreds of teachers, students, parents, advocates, and law enforcement officials come together for the White House LGBT Conference on Safe Schools & Communities in Arlington, Texas, where Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Attorney General Eric Holder deliver keynote remarks.

This event is the third in a series of White House LGBT Conferences that are being held across the country to empower grassroots leaders, community organizers, advocates, and interested citizens by connecting them with Federal government information, resources, and opportunities.

The Departments of Justice and Education take action to reform a Minnesota school district and ensure that every student in the district is free from sex-based harassment.

Hundreds of advocates, community organizers, health care providers and medical students, elected officials, and interested members of the public join Obama Administration officials in Philadelphia for an important conversation on the health needs of LGBT people.

President Obama laid out a blueprint in his State of the Union addressfor an economy that’s built to last – an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. The President released a budget that illustrates how we put that blueprint to work for all Americans, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans.

John Berry, Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, describes the importance of community partnerships following a recent trip to Des Moines, Iowa

Matt Nosanchuk from the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights describes ongoing efforts to implement and enforce the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, discusses a new Equal Access to Housing Rule that will help to ensure LGBT individuals and couples have the right to live where they choose.

To mark National Gay-Straight Alliance Day, the Office of Public Engagement's LGBT liaison reflects on the progress that the Obama Administration has made in addressing bullying.