Tag: U.S. military
U.S. court rejects Donald Trump bid to stop transgender military recruits on Jan. 1
A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday rejected a bid by Donald Trump’s administration to prevent the U.S. military from accepting transgender recruits starting Jan. 1.
TLDEF Condemns Reported Ban on Transgender Military Health Care and Deployment
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today responded to reports that the White House is forwarding guidance to military officials that directs Defense Secretary James Mattis to implement policy within six months to cease all transgender-related medical treatment and to use standards of “deployability” to filter out transgender service members.
Chelsea Manning sent to solitary for suicide attempt
U.S military whistleblower Chelsea Manning is to spend 14 days in solitary confinement after a suicide attempt in July.
Transgender Military Ban To Be Lifted July 1st
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, responded to breaking news reports that on July 1, the Department of Defense will finally announce an end to the ban on transgender people serving openly in our military.
Pentagon To Lift Ban On Transgender Service Members
Today, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced the establishment of a working group to study the “policy and readiness implications” of allowing transgender service members to serve openly. The working group will “start with the presumption that transgender persons can serve openly without adverse impact on military effectiveness and readiness, unless and except where objective, practical impediments are identified.”
U.S Department of Defense to Extend Non-Discrimination Protections for LGB Troops
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to the news that the U.S Department of Defense plans to extend non-discrimination protections to LGB troops by updating the Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) program to include sexual orientation as a protected class.