Obama Goes All ‘No Discriminating Against Transgender Job Applicants’ On the Fed

Given that the president himself just appointed a transgender woman to an administration post, perhaps it went without saying that, no, the federal government won’t discriminate against potential employees based on gender identity. Okay, that’s a stretch. But now USAJobs.gov, the official entry point for anyone looking for a government job, has updated its anti-discrimination policies to specifically prohibit such disqualification, and the gay groups are happy!