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June marks LGBT month for the United States, a move campaigners says is designed to “renew our commitment to the struggle for equal rights for LGBT Americans and to ending prejudice and injustice wherever it exists.”

“Let us remember that if one of us is unable to realize full equality, we all fall short of our founding principles,” the President said in a press release last week. His administration is currently in the process of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the policy introduced by previous Democratic president, Bill Clinton. Prior to that, President Reagan had declared that “homosexuality is incompatible with military service”, and the intention behind DADT was to protect serving officers from being forced to disclose their sexuality. However, it came under criticism from gay rights groups as being a watered-down version of Clinton’s original campaign promise to completely abolish Reagan’s ban on lesbians and gay men serving in the military.

He has also created the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which “strengthens Federal protections against crimes based on gender identity or sexual orientation.” Last year, he and First Lady Michelle Obama held a reception at the White House to begin the month.

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