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GAO-10-135R 1 (2009-10-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxgw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: On October 7, 2009, this document was reissued to G A 0 include a table that was initially missing. Accountabilty I Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 October 1, 2009 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Susan M. Collins United States Senate The Honorable Jeff Merkley United States Senate Subject: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination: Overview of State Statutes and Complaint Data Federal law prohibits discrimination in employment based on a number of factors, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and age. Although federal law does not prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation,' 21 states2 and the District of Columbia provide such protection in their statutes. Thirteen of these states3 also have statutes explicitly prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity. Based on your request to update our 2002 report on this subject,5 we (1) reviewed state statutes that prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, including the characteristics, coverage, and exclusions of the laws, and (2) gathered information 'Executive Order 13087, issued on May 28, 1998, amended Executive Order 11478 to prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation within executive branch civilian employment. 2 These states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. 3 Except where otherwise specified, we use the term state throughout this correspondence to refer to the District of Columbia as well as to the 21 states. 4 Additionally, some states may permit gender identity complaints to be filed under provisions prohibiting discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or disability. U.S. General Accounting Office, Sexual Orientation-Based Employment Discrimination: States' Experience with Statutory Prohibitions, GAO-02-878R (Washington, D.C.: July 9, 2002). GAO-10-135R Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Employment Discrimination

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