Yes, Mr. Joe.
Is three-quarters of a step forward a step in the best direction? I dunno either.
Maybe the only good thing is that it points up by ommission how much further the society as a whole has to go to be both intellectually and emotionally honest with itself, its citizens and with the whole rest of the universe not just the world.
Liberty and Justice for all, was, I thought, supposed to be the ideal. Oh, wait, were not talking ideal here. Especially if you have to enact actual laws to protect a huge proportion of the population from the majority, and from every kind of institution you can think up.
The only quality that makes the law 'historic' is that there has not been anything like it before -it is not historic in that LGB individuals have been accepted by society unconditionally as people who have identities and personal habits other than the way they spend money.
Still, a positive legislative dialogue and some kind of actual action is a bit remarkable. Just don't expect state law makers to show up at Rapture any time soon, let alone find them inviting gender vairant folks to dinner.