It is in the effort of extending LGBT rights that President Obama has followed President Bill Clinton’s June 2000 example and declared every June of his presidency LGBT Pride Month. On civil rights progress, “our journey is not complete until our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law,” said President Obama in his announcement. Vote Now: Should Gay Marriage Be Legal in All 50 States?
On May 29th, 2015, President Barack Obama declared June LGBT Pride Month.