sign an executive order barring job discrimination based on sexual orientation & gender identity by federal contractors.

Taxpayer funded jobs should be free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, which some state/local governments already bar. In 2011, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, supported by more than 70 community groups, passed an ordinance requiring contractors to affirm that they do not discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity. That same year, the Tennessee General Assembly passed SB632/HB600 that nullified the Nashville ordinance and prevents any city from applying its non-discrimination standards to contractors if they go beyond the state or federal government's protected classes. A federal executive order is needed to protect people where state/local governments do not include sexual orientation and gender identity.