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Continuing to use executive authority to act = in the absence of Congressional action, President Obama signed an Execu= tive Order on July 21, 2014 that gave new protections against discrimin= ation to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees of fed= eral contractors and subcontractors, and the federal government. For th= e federal government, discrimination was already prohibited on the basi= s of sexual orientation and is now also prohibited on the basis of gend= er identity. The new rules relating to federal contractors won’t = be effective until additional regulations are issued in the next three = to nine months, but the rules relating to employment by the federal gov= ernment are effective immediately.

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