Pro-Equality News from The White House

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First Lady Michelle Obama was onhand for an event recognizing John Berry as the new Director of the Office of Personnel Management.  Berry, the highest-ranking openly gay member of the Administration, took his oath of office before a crowd of 300 people this week.

Office of Personnel Management staffers hoping to beat the boss to work will have to get up super-early.

The Obama administration's nominee to serve as director of the Office of Personnel Management easily handled the Senate confirmation process today before a hearing room packed with family, friends and colleagues. John Berry vowed that if confirmed, the federal government will become the nation's "model employer."

The White House announced Tuesday that President Obama has nominated a lesbian to serve in the D.C. judiciary.

Marisa Demeo, the nominee, was named to serve as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court. The court handles all local trial matters, including civil, criminal and family cases. Demeo’s nomination is subject to U.S. Senate confirmation.

The White House announced Monday that President Obama has appointed a prominent lesbian attorney and ordained Episcopal priest as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Emily C. Hewitt, 64, has been serving as one of 16 judges on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims since President Clinton appointed her to the post in 1998.

The Obama administration on Wednesday formally endorsed a U.N. statement calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality, a measure that former President George W. Bush had refused to sign.

The Obama administration has appointed lesbian attorney Elaine Kaplan as general counsel for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where she will serve under the office's gay director, John Berry.

Kaplan's appointment was announced Tuesday by OPM acting director Kathie Ann Whipple.

Every March 17 for the last few years, New York's political establishment has always asked the same question: what will City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn do? After all, when Ms. Quinn, an openly gay Irish American, became speaker in 2006, the organizers of the city's signature St.

President Barack Obama recently appointed a lesbian to serve as a regional director in the White House Office of Political Affairs, according to the National Stonewall Democrats.