(This post originally appeared HERE on the GLAAD blog.)

Today is national Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Day, an annual time when LGBTQ students and allies across the country show their support for GSAs on school campuses.

President Barack Obama issued a video statement that aired Friday before 3,000 LGBT rights advocates assembled in Atlanta this week for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s 25th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.

The recorded message comes just days following Obama’s second term inaugural address where he called for full LGBT equality.

WASHINGTON -- As part of the Human Rights Campaign’s ongoing effort to achieve full equality for gay and lesbian service members and their families, HRC is, in addition to calling on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to issue military IDs to same-sex spouses, urging him to extend every possible benefit not specifically barred by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The revisions would ensure same-sex spouses in the military receive the same benefits afforded all other service members.

WASHINGTON – Jeff Krehely is joining the Human Rights Campaign as chief foundation officer.

Krehely currently serves as vice president of the LGBT Research & Communications Project at the Center for American Progress.

In his new role, Krehely will oversee all of the HRC Foundation’s comprehensive programming, which focuses on improving equity in the workplace and healthcare settings, creating more welcoming schools, providing resources and education for LGBT families, and amplifying the voices of LGBT people of faith.