But it is an executive order, and we certainly want to see more permanent solutions put in place and - like the Equality Act because, as we know, a change in administration may mean a change in executive orders.įADEL: The Equality Act would extend all federal civil rights laws to LGBTQ people through legislation rather than relying on the courts. GONZALEZ-PAGAN: So it is truly a transformational approach. It actively worked to roll back protections, most notably for transgender people. OMAR GONZALEZ-PAGAN: Adopts and augments some of the arguments that we have been making since the issuance of the decision by the Supreme Court last year, which is that any law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex also prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.įADEL: He says it's the opposite of what the Trump administration did. Omar Gonzalez-Pagan is a senior attorney at the civil rights group Lambda Legal. Biden's order interprets that to mean LGBTQ people are also protected in the areas of health care, housing and education. That decision found discrimination against LGBTQ people is sex discrimination. She says that she faced discrimination trying to find a primary health care provider near her home last year outside Washington, D.C.ĬHANDLER WALKER: The feeling was that they knew they had the power of the Trump administration behind them to act the way they were acting instead of being all accommodating to people regardless of gender identity.įADEL: The new executive order interprets last year's Supreme Court decision on employment discrimination, known as Bostock, more broadly. TAYLOR CHANDLER WALKER: I can't even begin to tell you the relief that I felt.įADEL: That's Taylor Chandler Walker. LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: President Joe Biden's executive order is the most far reaching of any federal protections so far.
As NPR's Leila Fadel reports, LGBTQ advocates say the moves are transformational. Then this week, he lifted a ban on transgender individuals in the military.
On his first day, President Biden issued an executive order to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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