Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
True Colors, Others Counter Trump's Attack on Homeless Trans People
announced proposed changes to its Equal Access Rule July 1. Formulated when Barack Obama was president, the rule has required that people in single-sex or sex-segregated shelters that receive HUD funding be placed according to their gender identity, as transgender and gender-nonconforming people often experience harassment and violence when placed according to the sex they were assigned at birth.But changes to the rule will mean that shelter operators will be able to decide where to place these clients, although HUD claims it will not allow discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
