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Trump Removes LGBT protections for federal workers
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Exclamation Trump Removes LGBT protections for federal workers

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Quote:Two months ago, Trump said he wasn’t planning on removing protections for LGBTQ federal workers that President Obama instated.

Surprise! That was a big, fat lie, just like everything else out of his mouth. Trump signed an executive order on Monday that revoked some of Obama’s previous orders, including the part that banned discrimination against federal employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The details are a little tricky. From Vogue:

On Monday, Trump signed an executive order revoking key parts of previous orders by President Obama, which had effectively banned federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Under Executive Order 13673, which Obama issued in 2014, companies receiving federal contracts in excess of half a million dollars were required to demonstrate they had complied with a set of 15 federal or state labor laws over the previous three years; several of those laws offered critical protections for LGBTQ workers.

The measure, also known as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order, was issued in conjunction with Executive Order 13672, the latter of which explicitly prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of gender identity or sexuality. Although Trump did not erase that order, his mandate to eliminate order 13673 cripples its effectiveness. By removing the requirement that companies prove their compliance with federal law, the government has no way to ensure they’re also following the nondiscrimination requirements Obama explicitly laid out. In other words, the president has created a major loophole that could allow companies to deny LGBTQ people opportunities or otherwise treat them unequally—and those organizations can still receive massive federal contracts.

Every day it’s something else – and he’s going to keep waving upside-down rainbow flags and spewing his lies and his hate and claiming he’s our ally anyway. This just keeps getting worse.

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03-31-2017 04:42 AM
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Trump Removes LGBT protections for federal workers

Yikes.

Trump gets rid of protections but NC is getting rid of bathroom bills (and it looks like that concept will die off). One step forward, another step back :/

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That's because NC has shifted towards Democrats.

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North Carolina is a 50/50 state and McCrory was unpopular with Republicans it seemed.

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