BREAKING: President Biden’s Day One Executive Actions Includes LGBTQ Rights Ruling

The Biden team listed the executive orders the President will be implementing today in a fact sheet released before his inauguration.

Among those orders: 

Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation

“All persons should receive equal treatment under the law, no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation. The Biden-Harris Administration will prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. To begin this work, President-elect Biden will sign an Executive Order that builds on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) and ensures that the federal government interprets Title VII of the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This Order will also direct agencies to take all lawful steps to make sure that federal anti-discrimination statutes that cover sex discrimination prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ persons.”

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