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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...

LGBT Groups Merge to Form Modern Military Association of America

In the aftermath of the U.S. military implementing a new ban on transgender service members, a duo of groups that have worked to advance rights for LGBT people in the armed forces have merged to form the Modern...

Religious Freedom Commissioner Tony Perkins Blames Gay Troops for Rise in Sexual Assault in Military

The head of the Family Research Council and member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Tony Perkins, has attributed a rise in reported sexual assaults in the military to gay soldiers. Ac...

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

As a result of the transgender military ban that went into effect last week, the U.S. Naval Academy will no longer accept transgender students in 2020, reported the Capital Gazette. The school in Maryland cu...

Transgender Military Ban Goes into Effect

Donald Trump’s transgender military ban has gone into effect today, potentially jeopardizing the livelihoods of thousands. Almost two years after Trump first announced on Twitter that he was planning to enac...

Pete Buttigieg Calls Out Mike Pence for Religious Opposition to Gay Marriage

Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg addressed Vice President Mike Pence’s religious opposition to same-sex marriage at the LGBTQ Victory Fund’s annual brunch on Sunday (April 7), reported LGBTQ Nation. Butti...

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