The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Smoking and Health is including members of the LGBT community in its new anti-smoking campaign. 

That makes sense considering CDC data shows that LGBT people are almost 70% more likely to smoke cigarettes than others. (Sidebar, what's with people lighting up after they leave the gym??)

Check out the CDC's video with Ellie, who currently lives with her partner in a smoke-free home. Ellie suffers from asthma caused by second-hand smoke; she's never been a smoker. Watch after the jump.

In what's clearly been a very Presidential day, President Obama signed the newly LGBT-inclusive version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) into law this afternoon.

Video after the jump!

History was made on Capitol Hill today as Kylar Broadus became the first transgender witness to testify before the U.S. Senate. 

So, what did Kylar have to say to the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee about a life of discrimination?