Obama dropped hints of his administration's accomplishments like LGBT progress in achieving equality as he prepares his final address before stepping down.
Though President-elect Donald Trump is yet to be sworn in, the Republican-held Congress is set to push the anti-LGBT FADA bill with the support of Trump.
The HRC has identified LGBT-friendly states for the year 2016, and which states have been targeting the LGBT community with discriminatory legislation.
More businesses in the US are instituting LGBT-friendly work policies, according to the HRC Foundation in their annual Corporate Equality Index report.
Incumbent NC Governor Pat McCrory lost his re-election bid as North Carolina voters showed their unhappiness over his support of the anti-LGBT law HB2.
A Harvard study noted that LGBT living in states open to same-sex relationships are more willing to come out versus those living in states that aren't open.
With the anti-LGBT stance of the incoming Trump administration, it's now up to the UN to defend global LGBT rights with their new independent investigator.