Executive Order 13672: Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity
President: Barack Obama
Added sexual orientation and gender identity protections to federal employment and contractor nondiscrimination orders.
Status: Revoked — by EO 14173.
Is Executive Order 13672 still in effect? No. EO 14173 revoked it.
What does Executive Order 13672 do?
EO 13672 amended EO 11478 to add gender identity to federal-workforce protections and amended EO 11246 to prohibit covered contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Agencies and OFCCP implemented those provisions for a decade. EO 14173 expressly revoked EO 13672 in January 2025 and separately revoked EO 11246, ending this executive-order framework while statutory protections and court interpretations remain separate.
Before and after
Before the order
Federal policy covered sexual orientation in employment but lacked this express combined federal-workforce and contractor protection.
After the order
The express EO protections applied until 2025, alongside evolving statutory law.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Federal agencies | Apply EO 11478 protections | This amendment revoked |
| Federal contractors and OFCCP | Apply and enforce EO 11246 clause | Ended |
| EEOC and courts | Enforce Title VII as interpreted by law | Continuing independently |
What happened next
EO 13672 issued.
Supreme Court decided Bostock v. Clayton County.
EO 14173 expressly revoked EO 13672.
Court status
See the court documents in Sources by type.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
Title VII and other civil-service statutes remain independent. EO 14173 ended the executive-order provisions but cannot repeal congressional law.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- White House — EO 14173 (opens in a new tab) Order text
- Supreme Court — Bostock opinion (opens in a new tab) Court record
How we checked this
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