Obama mentioned the planned measure while addressing an LGBT reception. Executive order on gender identity

President Barack Obama said Monday that the White House is preparing an executive order banning job discrimination among federal employees on the basis of gender identity.

Obama mentioned the planned measure while addressing a White House reception marking LGBT Pride Month.


The White House announced earlier this month that the president also intends to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity — a measure for which LGBT rights groups have long clamored.

White House spokesman Shin Inouye had no immediate details on the executive order mentioned by the president on Monday.

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