article_snippet.sent: Announcing the policy last year, Obama said: ‘Our government will become just a little bit fairer.
article_snippet.sent: I will sign an executive order that does two things.
article_snippet.sent: Once I sign an executive order that does two things, the same will be explicitly true for gender identity.
article_snippet.sent: The move comes in response to an online petition posted on the White House website following the death of 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn.