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House Votes to Defund Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

The U.S. House voted Thursday to approve an amendment introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) to defund President Trump’s transgender military ban as part of major defense spending legislation. Lawmakers...

3 Years After Trump Tweeted Out Trans Military Ban, White House Sticking with Policy

Three years after President Trump tweeted out a ban on transgender people in the military “in any capacity,” the White House says he’s sticking with the policy despite anger from critics who say it amounts to a...

Rep. Speier Seeks to Undo Military Bans on Trans Troops, LGBTQ Pride Flag

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has proposed a pair of amendments to major defense spending legislation that would undo the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members and LGBTQ Pride flags at U.S. ...

House Democrats Demand Transgender Military Ban Be Lifted in Light of SCOTUS Ruling

House Democrats have written a letter to the military demanding the transgender service member ban be lifted in light of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling protecting LGBTQ from workplace discrimination. The ...

Biden May Need to Lay Down Law with Service Chiefs to Allow Trans Service

Chief among Joseph Biden’s plans to reverse President Trump’s anti-LGBTQ policy initiatives is undoing the transgender military ban, but with at least two military service chiefs on the record as being hesitant...

Study Finds Majority of Cis Service Members Support Transgender Military Service

A study from UCLA funded by the Department of Defense found that a majority of cisgender military service members support the participation of transgender individuals in the military. The study, which analyz...

Judges Rules Trans Troops Can Proceed with Lawsuit Against Pentagon

A federal judge in Maryland ruled yesterday (August 20) that transgender troops can proceed to sue the Pentagon over President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban, according to Stars and Stripes. U.S. D...

House of Representatives Passes Amendment to Overturn Trans Military Ban

The House of Representatives voted to approve an amendment to the annual defense policy bill to reverse President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban on Thursday (June 11), reported The Hill. The amendm...

House Votes to Block Funding for Transgender Military Ban

The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday (June 18) to block President Trump’s move to ban transgender people from military service, reported NBC News. The amendment, which passed by a 243-183 vote, will...

Appeals Court Orders Judge to Reconsider Ruling Against Transgender Military Ban

In a victory for the Trump administration, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a judge to reconsider her ruling against the administration’s transgender military ban, reported Reuters. On Frida...

President Trump Falsely Claims Transgender Troops “Take Massive Amounts of Drugs”

In an interview with Piers Morgan of Good Morning Britain, President Donald Trump claimed that transgender troops can’t serve because “they take massive amounts of drugs;” a claim experts say is untrue. http...

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Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

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