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| Region | Montana |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | Gender identity only |
| Start Date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| End Date | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Description | At the state level, Democratic Governor Steve Bullock, via executive order, expanded existing protections for employees in the public sector to include gender identity and to state contractors. Federally, in a landmark decision, Democratic President Obama's EEOC ruled that gender identity was included under Title VII protections from the Civil Rights Act (originally written to protect people based on sex discrimination). |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20160203172921/http://www.hrc.org/blog/montana-governor-steve-bullock-signs-executive-order-protecting-lgbt-state http://www.metroweekly.com/2012/04/transgender-breakthrough/ |
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| Status | Gender identity only |
| Start Date | Apr 20, 2012 |
| End Date | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Description | At the state level, Democratic Governor Steve Bullock, via executive order, expanded existing protections for employees in the public sector to include gender identity and to state contractors. Federally, in a landmark decision, Democratic President Obama's EEOC ruled that gender identity was included under Title VII protections from the Civil Rights Act (originally written to protect people based on sex discrimination). |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20160203172921/http://www.hrc.org/blog/montana-governor-steve-bullock-signs-executive-order-protecting-lgbt-state http://www.metroweekly.com/2012/04/transgender-breakthrough/ |