Category: Military

White House Memorandum re: Military Service by Transgender Individuals (USA)

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On Friday, March 23, President Trump issued a memorandum adopting recommendations from Defense Secretary James Mattis stating, among other things,…

Trump signs memo banning transgender individuals from U.S. military service (USA) @LambdaLegal @OutServeSLDN

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On Friday, August 25 U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing “the military not to move forward with an…

@NCLRights and @GladLaw file suit against Trump on behalf of transgender military service members (USA)

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On August 9, 2017 the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed a lawsuit…

Trump announces plan to ban transgender individuals from U.S. military service (USA)

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In a series of Tweets on July 26, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to ban transgender individuals from serving…

New York State Restoration of Honor Act @bradhoylman (USA)

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The New York State Restoration of Honor Act provides a mechanism to compensate gay and lesbian veterans expelled from the military…

Veterans For Peace @VFPNational (USA)

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The all-male Veterans for Peace executive committee released a Transgender Position Statement that does not address how concerns about how transgender politics and…

Smith v. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs (USA)

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the memorandum decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims  denying a…

Manning v. Hagel @ACLU_NCA (USA)

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Bradley Manning, convicted of espionage and imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, is suing the government because he says he “has been denied…

Report of the Transgender Military Service Commission (USA)

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The Transgender Military Service Commission, a commission of the Palm Center, issued a report recommending that President Barack Obama issue an…