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Today we highlight our investigation of Wisconsin’s struggle to contain COVID-19 in its prisons, where about 10,800 inmates have been infected more than half of the population and at least 25 have died.
At a White House press briefing on Tuesday, Fox News reporter Rachel Sutherland asked press secretary Jen Psaki a question about the likely impact on female
Former President Donald Trump s federal administration had banned them from the military.
The reversal follows Biden s day one actions Jan. 20 that included issuing executive orders reversing Trump s race and gender diversity training ban and prohibiting workplace discrimination in the federal government based on sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as directing federal agencies to ensure that LGBTQ protections are included in anti-discrimination statutes.
The actions were a clear and swift indication of how the rights and privileges of the LGBTQ community will change during the Biden administration. Advocates are optimistic that such rights and protections will become permanent under federal law.
President Joe Biden signed a wide-ranging executive order to extend anti-discrimination protections in federal agencies to LGBTQ people shortly after his inauguration January 20.
The order applies the United States Supreme Court s 6-3 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County last year to the federal government, so that where statutes such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ban discrimination on the basis of sex, executive agencies interpret that to also include sexual orientation and gender identity. Discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation manifests differently for different individuals, and it often overlaps with other forms of prohibited discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race or disability. For example, transgender Black Americans face unconscionably high levels of workplace discrimination, homelessness, and violence, including fatal violence, Biden s order states. It is the policy of my administration to prevent a