“Four reasons for hope on LGBT rights and the Obama Administration”

Carlos A. Bell writes at the Huffington Post: “1. The Administration has decided not to appeal a successful discrimination lawsuit brought by a transgendered person who was denied a position with the library of congress . . . 2. The Administration has decided that the 2010 census will count same-sex couples who are married . . . 3. The Administration has proposed eliminating the regulation that excludes HIV + immigrants . . . 4. The Administration has appointed several open LGBT people for relatively high positions.”