Executive Order 13988

Executive Order 13988, officially titled Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, is the fourth executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.[1][2][3]

Executive Order 13988
"Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation"
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number13988
Signed byJoe Biden on January 20, 2021 (2021-01-20)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number2021-01761
Publication date20 January 2021
Summary
Requires all federal agencies to extend existing protections on the basis of sex to include sexual orientation and gender identity

Provisions

The order directs all federal agencies to review all policies which implement the non-discrimination protections on the basis of sex ordered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (pursuant to the Supreme Court case Bostock v. Clayton County), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Fair Housing Act and section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and to extend these protections to the categories of sexual orientation and gender identity. Extending beyond the scope of President Barack Obama's Executive Order 13672 of 2014, which protected against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in the civilian federal workforce as well as sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination by federal contractors, as well as President Bill Clinton's Executive Order 13087, which protected against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the civilian federal workforce. The Human Rights Campaign hailed Biden's order as "most substantive, wide-ranging executive order concerning sexual orientation and gender identity ever issued by a United States president".[4]

See also

References
  2. "Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation". The White House. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. "Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation". Federal Register. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  4. President Biden Issues Most Substantive, Wide-Ranging LGBTQ Executive Order In U.S. History, Human Rights Campaign
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