it's clearing the way for hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples. it's lifting the travel and immigration band for people living with hiv. it's ordering the federal housing authority to not can consider the sexual orientation of people who apply for housing loans. it's expanding the census, even, to make sure that people in same-sex relationships get counted. it's directing u.s. agencies who work with foreign countries to ensure that our humanitarian and diplomatic efforts abroad take into accounts the rights of gay and lesbian people in those other countries. it's supporting states that are trying to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. the administration did not always do that. they didn't, for example, do that before the vote on same-sex marriage rights in new york state.