9/3/2023 0 Comments Biden executive orders day oneImportantly, the executive order also acknowledges that discrimination against LGBTQ people often overlaps with discrimination based on their other characteristics, including race and disability. For example: a non-binary person cannot be denied a credit card just because the financial institution sees their history of name change, and a bank can’t deny a loan just because the applicant is gay.Prohibit discrimination in credit under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which applies to a range of credit including credit cards, store credit, and loans.For example: a hospital cannot refuse to treat a broken ankle just because they learn that the patient is a transgender man, and an obstetrics clinic cannot refuse to deliver a woman’s baby just because she is married to another woman.Prohibit discrimination in health care under the Affordable Care Act, which applies to federally funded health care programs and activities including hospitals and insurance providers.For example: a married same-sex couple applying for public housing would need to be treated exactly the same as any other married couple, and a transgender woman could not be refused a rental apartment because the owner disapproves of her transition.Prohibit discrimination in housing under the Fair Housing Act, which includes home purchases, rentals, public housing programs and homeless shelters.For example: a gay student can’t be prohibited from going to his public high school’s prom just because his date is also a boy, and a transgender girl cannot be harassed by a teacher who refuses to use her correct name because it is a feminine name.Prohibit discrimination in education under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which applies to all federally funded educational programs including K-12, vocational programs and higher education programs.For example: a bisexual woman cannot be fired from her job just because her employer learned of her sexual orientation, and a transgender man cannot be forced to wear a women’s uniform at his place of employment. Prohibit discrimination in employment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including hiring, termination, promotion, conditions of employment, and benefits as well as preventing harassment.This will include, but is not limited to, employment, education, housing, health care and credit: The Executive Order directs agencies to enforce federal laws that prohibit sex discrimination to include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Bostock decision. This Order, enacted on Day One, immediately begins to fulfill President Biden’s campaign promise to implement and pass protections for LGBTQ people as quickly as possible. The Human Rights Campaign requested that the Biden administration issue an order to implement the Bostock decision after the Trump administration failed to properly enforce it across federal agencies, instead arguing LGBTQ people were not protected under federal civil rights laws. The Executive Order will have a real and practical impact on the day-to-day lives of the approximately 11 million LGBTQ adults and millions more LGBTQ youth in the United States. Yesterday, President Joe Biden issued the most substantive, wide-ranging LGBTQ executive order in U.S. Post submitted by Lucas Acosta (he/him), former Deputy Director of Communications, Politics
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