>> thank you, everyone for joining us this morning. i am very excited to be on this call as the white house lgbt liaison. >> rafi runs my lgbt outreach, one of the first transsexuals we have had working in the white house, she has a long track record of being an advocate and a lot of credibility in the community. when president obama assumed office, only two states recognized marriage equality. two. by the time the supreme court ruled its landmark decision, 37 states had passed marriage equality laws. insurance companies can't discriminate against people just because they're gay, or just