Joe Biden: executive order against anti-LGBTI+ discrimination


Joe Biden to kick off presidency with sweeping executive order against anti-LGBTI+ discrimination.

Joe Biden is to issue a sweeping executive order affirming LGBTI+ non-discrimination protections in one of his first acts in office.

After assuming the presidency on Wednesday (20 January), Biden is set to unleash a raft of measures aimed at repealing the most harmful parts of the Trump agenda.

The day-one actions expected include “one of the most substantive pro-equality executive orders in history to protect Americans against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity”, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

The Biden transition team included an order on “preventing and combating discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation” among a list of day-one actions.

There is no specific federal law banning anti-LGBTI+ discrimination in the US, with Republicans in Congress long blocking the Equality Act to add LGBTI+ protections.

In 2014, Barack Obama signed a pioneering executive order to outlaw anti-LGBTI+ workplace discrimination, though limitations on his executive powers meant it only applies to federal contractors.


Source: PinkNews



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