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Executive order issued by U.S. President Joe Biden on sex discrimination
Executive Order 13988
President Biden signs a series of Executive Orders amongst which was order 13988 shortly after his inauguration on January 20, 2021.
Type
Executive order Executive Order number 13988 Signed by
Joe Biden on January 20, 2021 (2021-01-20 ) Federal Register document number
2021-01761 Publication date 20 January 2021 Requires all federal agencies to extend existing protections on the basis of sex to include sexual orientation and gender identity
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.
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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.
Effects
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Reactions
Support
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".
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Opposition
In opposition, Republican Senator
Roger Marshall stated the executive order "shows no common sense and will bring about the destruction of women's sports".
[5] Former Ambassador to the United Nations
Nikki Haley denounced Biden's order, calling it "an attack on women's rights".
[6] [
unreliable source? ]
Lauren Adams, legal director for the
Women's Liberation Front said "both executive orders send a heartbreaking message to women and girls that their government does not view them as worthy of consideration and is not willing to recognize female people as a discrete class."
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See also
References
^ Schmidt, Samantha; Wax-Thibodeaux, Emily; Balingit, Moriah (January 21, 2021).
"Biden calls for LGBTQ protections in Day 1 executive order, angering conservatives" . The Washington Post .
Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021 .
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"Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation" . The White House . January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021 .
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"Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation" . Federal Register . January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021 .
^ Acosta, Lucas (January 20, 2021).
"President Biden Issues Most Substantive, Wide-Ranging LGBTQ Executive Order In U.S. History" . Human Rights Campaign - Press Releases . Retrieved June 6, 2021 .
^ Marshall, Roger (March 1, 2021).
"Sen. Marshall Op-ed: Biden's gender discrimination executive order will destroy women's sports" . Sen. Roger Marshall's Press Releases . Washington, D.C. Archived from
the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021 .
^ Norman, Greg (February 8, 2021).
"Nikki Haley calls Biden's executive order about transgender athletics an 'attack on women's rights' " . Fox News. Retrieved September 11, 2021 .
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"Women's Liberation Front: Biden Executive Order on "Gender Identity" Will Eviscerate Women's Rights" . PR Newswire . January 21, 2021.
Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021 .
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