List of anti-discrimination laws in the United States
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The following is a list of anti-discrimination laws and judicial decisions which have come into force in various areas of the United States since independence in 1776.
- Age Discrimination Act of 1975
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967[1]
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990[2]
- Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
- Bostock v. Clayton County –— a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 2020 in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity
- Civil Rights Act of 1866[3]
- Civil Rights Act of 1871[4]
- Civil Rights Act of 1957[5]
- Civil Rights Act of 1964[6]
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Executive Order 11478[7]
- Executive Order 13166 – “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency”
- Fair Employment Act of 1941
- Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 - enables qualified employees to take prolonged unpaid leave for family and health-related reasons without fear of losing their jobs. For private employers with 15 or more employers
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Lloyd–La Follette Act (1912)
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- No-FEAR Act
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
- Respect for Marriage Act (2022)