Obama Signs Executive Order Barring LGBT Workforce Discrimination

By Julissa Catalan


On Monday, President Barack Obama signed an executive order protecting LGBT employees and federal contractors from workplace discrimination based on their “sexual orientation and gender identity.”

The language “sexual orientation and gender identity” was added to an already existing order signed by President George W. Bush in 2002, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating against employees based on color, gender, national origin, race or religion.

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