US President Donald Trump will keep an executive order issued by his predecessor, Barack Obama, banning private companies doing business with the federal government from discriminating against homosexual, bisexual and transgender employees, the White House said Tuesday.
Trump "is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the LGBTQ community," the White House said in a statement. "President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of LGBTQ rights, just as he was throughout the election."
"The President is proud to have been the first ever Republican Party nominee to mention the LGBTQ community in his nomination acceptance speech, pledging then to protect the community from violence and oppression," the White House said.
The statement refuted rumors that Trump intended to scrap Obama's 2014 executive order banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the workplace.
The executive order explicitly prohibits discrimination against transsexual employees.
At the time the order was issued, according to the White House, more than four in 10 homosexual and bisexual people had experienced workplace discrimination because of their sexual orientation, and 90 percent of transsexuals had suffered from harassment or abuse because of their gender identity.
Source: EFE
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