Bipartisan Bill To Allow Transgender People To Serve In The Military
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter– Both the House and the Senate today introduced groundbreaking bills that will allow transgender people to serve in the military. The…
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Trans Military Ban Plaintiffs to Supreme Court: Deny Trump Admin’s Premature Request for Review
“The Trump administration has demonstrated no urgency that would justify leapfrogging the normal appellate process, and the military’s own account shows no problems that need…
Despite Federal Courts’ Block, Trump Asks High Court To Implement Transgender Military Ban Now
Even Though Four Federal Courts Have Blocked It, Trump Attempts to leapfrog the ordinary appeals process, quietly files petitions for cert before judgment over holiday weekend…
Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempts to Quash Trans Military Ban Lawsuit & to Dissolve Preliminary Injunction
District Judge Kollar-Kotelly denies Trump admin motions to dismiss Doe v. Trump and to dissolve the preliminary injunction preventing the trans military ban from going into…
Transgender Military Ban, A Year After Trump’s Tweets
Transgender Military Ban was a major blow to Trans ServiceMembers “One of our plaintiffs, Jane Doe 3, served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and said…
Regardless, Trump Plans to Implement His Transgender Military Ban
Yesterday’s announcement has no immediate impact, as four federal courts have already prohibited the ban from taking effect WASHINGTON, DC—Yesterday, the Trump administration released implementation…
Federal Judge Denies Trump Administration Attempt to Delay Transgender Enlistment
On transgender enlistment: Judge Kollar-Kotelly says that under preliminary injunction secured by NCLR and GLAD, Military Must Allow Transgender People to Enlist on January 1 …
Federal District Court Stops Transgender Military Ban in Doe v. Trump
Court Agrees with NCLR and GLAD that Ban’s Harms to Transgender Service Members and Those Trying to Enlist Are Severe and Unacceptable WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. District…
AG Healey Leads Multi State Court Brief Opposing Ban on Trans Service Members
BOSTON—Attorney General Maura Healey today led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief strongly opposing the Trump Administration’s plan to ban open military service…
Pentagon Reacts to Chaos Created by Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
WASHINGTON—Late last week, the Pentagon issued additional interim guidance regarding transgender troops. National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders Transgender…
NCLR, GLAD File New Motion for Urgent, Immediate Halt to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Military leaders speak out in powerful new declarations against Trump’s transgender military ban, its disruption to armed forces and threat to national security New…
Trump Signs Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Military Ban
The anti-transgender military ban will affect an estimated 15K transgender service members Today, President Trump signed a memo officially banning transgender Americans from joining the…
AMPA Responds to President Trump’s Outrageous Comments on Transgender Service Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of LGBT military spouses and their families, responded to comments made by President…
GLAD and NCLR File Case Challenging Trump’s Directive to Reinstate Transgender Military Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, lawyers from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S….
Fenway Denounces Trump’s Attempts to Prohibit Transgender People From Serving in the Military
BOSTON—The Fenway Institute today denounced a series of tweets by President Trump seeking to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. “Thousands of…
Defense Secretary: We’ll Lift the Transgender Military Ban
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Today, the Defense Secretary Ashton Carter issued a statement that will lift the transgender military ban pending a six-month study to move onto…