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By signing his order on Day 1 of his presidency, Biden no doubt intended to send the unambiguous message that the previous administration’s explicit and implicit biases against the LGBTQ+ community were firmly a thing of the past. And importantly, the Biden order made a point of highlighting the intersectional issues at play in this area.
“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,” Biden wrote in the opening paragraphs of the order.”