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Signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 22, 2010 The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 ( H.R. 2965 , S. 4023 ) is a landmark United States federal statute enacted in December 2010 that established a process for ending the " don't ask, don't tell " (DADT) policy ( 10 U.S.C. § 654 ), thus allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual ...
Amending Executive Order 13675 To Expand Membership on the President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa August 3, 2016 August 8, 2016 August 3, 2016 81 FR 52321 2016-18872 [485] [486] 247 13735: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury August 12, 2016 August 17, 2016 August 12, 2016 81 FR 54709 2016-19723
President Obama signed the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act into law in 2009. But the effort to pass this landmark legislation started much earlier. Legislative ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees. The ...
The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping decree telling every public school district in the country, the New York Times reported Thursday. US to issue decree on transgender access ...
Ten days later, Obama signed a related Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces." [25] It required companies receiving federal contracts over a half-million dollars to demonstrate compliance with labor laws, including those with LGBT protections. On March 27, 2017, President Trump revoked Executive Order 13673, meaning that ...
On April 18, 2013, the governor of Montana signed a bill repealing that state's sodomy law; it had previously been nullified by the Montana Supreme Court. [34] On April 23, 2014, the governor of Virginia signed a bill repealing that state's sodomy law. [35] Utah and Alabama repealed their sodomy laws in 2019 and Idaho did in 2022.