Florida transgendered man speaks at National Equality March in D.C.

In the current issue of CL,  we reported on the National Equality March, which took place in Washington D.C. yesterday.

On Saturday night, President Obama addressed the Human Rights Campaign,  the nation's largest gay rights group, where he said he has urged Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and to pass the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act.

But a fellow Democrat who presumably Mr. Obama was referring to said on Sunday that he wasn't ready to repeal DOMA.

Pennsylvania's Bob Casey told CNN's John King that ""I've said in the past I don't think that's the way to go. We can move forward on a lot of measures, but I'm not sure there's the support yet for that."

Meanwhile, speaking at Sunday's event in D.C. was Tobias Packer, who is affiliated with Equality Florida and who was interviewed for our piece.

Listed below are his  comments:

This article appears in Oct 8-14, 2009.