; Whereas in December of 2010, Congress approved and President Obama signed the repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law, allowing gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces; Whereas in October of 2011, The Girl Scouts of America opened membership to a seven-year-old transgender girl; Whereas 2012 marked the first year that all 50 States in the United States had at least one openly LGBTQ elected official; Whereas, on April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that discrimination based on gender identity is sex discrimination for purposes of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Whereas, on November 6, 2012, Rep. Mark Takano, a Japanese American, became the first openly gay person of color elected to Congress; Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin was sworn in as the first openly gay United States Senator; Whereas, on January 3, 2013, Kyrsten Sinema was sworn in as the first openly bisexual Member of Congress; Whereas, on March 11, 2013, a transgender inclusive version of the Violence Against Women Act was reauthorized; Whereas, on April 29, 2013, Jason Collins of the NBA became the first active male athlete in a North American major sports league to come out as a gay Black man; Whereas, on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, in United States v. Windsor, that section three of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional and that the Federal Government cannot discriminate against married lesbian and gay couples for the purposes of determining Federal rights, benefits, and obligations; Whereas, on November 20, 2013, President Obama posthumously presented Bayard Rustin with a Presidential Medal of Freedom; Whereas, on June 9, 2014, Laverne Cox became the first openly transgender person on the cover of Time magazine; Whereas, on June 17, 2014, Darrin P. Gayles was the first openly gay African-American man to be confirmed as a Federal Judge