on in federal offices, started the National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders, showed his support for civil unions, allowed transgendered people to obtain passports with their proper gender without a surgery, recorded an "It Gets Better" video, signed in favor of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, showed his support of a study on LGBT health from the Institute of Medicine, endorsed the Respect for Marriage Act (which tried to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act),