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Amid furious Beltway speculation and growing calls for an unequivocal position on marriage from LGBT groups and the national media, President Barack Obama said in a Wednesday interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts that his decision stemmed from his own experience with gay staff in committed relationships as well as the continued discrimination against gay service members who can now serve openly in the military following repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but are denied the same basic equal rights as their heterosexual counterparts.

Elder care, science, education, energy, sports… these aren’t LGBT issues, they’re people issues. These are some of the most challenging and heated areas of culture, and at the foreground are four very heroic LGBT women.

In the past year she’s battled breast cancer and a pulmonary edema scare on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. But on and off the court, lesbian tennis star Martina Navratilova is still a fighter. Navratilova continues to speak about injustices inflicted on gay people, adding thoughts on lawmakers who use homophobia for political advantage and how democrats can't keep backing down. Watch the behind the scenes video interview!