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Gay activist Robin McGehee went from being dragged by police and arrested Tuesday for protesting "don't ask, don't tell," to speaking with a high-ranking White House official Wednesday and demanding action on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

While they didn't work out of the Oval Office, the lives and accomplishments of some U.S. First Ladies have been felt the world over. Some first ladies were great hostesses, and others were loving mothers, but for President's Day, we highlight eight presidential spouses who truly kicked ass in their time.

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a memorandum on Wednesday in the Oval Office that would extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees but excluding access to health or retirement plans. Under growing criticism for not taking active measures to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, and his support of a federal DOMA case and his reticence about Prop 8, Obama's decision attempts to show the administration's commitment to ensuring that certain basic rights and privileges are to gays and lesbians.

President Obama met this week with Edie Windsor, the octogenarian lesbian whose landmark case at the U.S. Supreme Court stuck down the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.

Nikki Weiss-Goldstein & Jill Goldstein: Obama's words today not only have the ability to enhance lives but to save them. Thank you Mr President for doing what's morally and legally right, treating us with the dignity and respect we all deserve.

'The country is ready for a woman president,' declares a new campaign from Emily's List called Madam President.

During an interview on The Daily Show on Thursday, President Obama raised his support for LGBT rights as a case for his reelection to the show's young viewers.

It feels so good to know that competence will once again take its rightful place over cronyism in our federal government. The presidential appointments of the last eight years have been nothing more than a parade of George W. Bush’s political pals. Competence was never really a factor.

If you're not watching Scandal, you're missing out on some of the wildest TV out there!