WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- President Obama signed an executive order Monday extending non-discrimination policy against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees to all federal contractors.
The order extends a standing executive order that already prevents discrimination against LGBT federal employees. And while the president cheered the move in the right direction, he said it was important to keep pressure on Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that would extend protections to all private workers.