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I've been out as transgender in the US military for a decade, and I don't have any regrets
Sgt. Cathrine Schmid shares her journey as a trans soldier in the Army, detailing struggles with dy…
Ella Sherman
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Trump's personnel head wanted to fire the defense secretary because he opposed Confederate flags on bases, vowed to be apolitical, ruled out attacking Iranian cultural sites, sought the perspectives of transgender soldiers, and 13 other reasons
John McEntee, the 29-year old head of the personnel office, wrote a memo on October 19, 2020, outli…
Bryan Metzger
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South Korea's first transgender soldier posthumously wins case against the army over her 'illegal' discharge
South Korean military officials argued that Byun Hee-soo's loss of male genitalia amounted to a men…
Joshua Zitser
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Biden will reportedly lift transgender military ban enacted under Trump administration
Trump announced in 2017 that he was reversing an Obama era policy that allowed open military servic…
Lauren Frias
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Biden overturns Trump's ban on transgender service members in the US military
The executive order states that President Biden believes that "gender identity should not be a bar …
Ryan Pickrell
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President Biden shows support for trans Americans, scrapping Trump's definition of gender and promising to overturn the trans military ban
On Biden's first day, the White House's website was also updated to include a section for people to…
Canela López
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Trump claimed 'babies can be killed after birth' and called for ban on transgender athletes, stoking culture wars at Arizona rally
Donald Trump made provocative comments about the Democratic party's stances on abortion and transge…
Alia Shoaib
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DeSantis signs slew of anti-transgender rights measures into law, affecting bathrooms, healthcare, and pronouns
One of the new laws criminalizes instances in which people use bathrooms that don't match the gende…
Kimberly Leonard
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Department of Veterans Affairs 'moving ahead' to provide gender-affirming surgery to transgender veterans: report
The Department of Veterans Affairs health insurance currently pays for hormone therapy and mental h…
Connor Perrett
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The Supreme Court is allowing Trump to implement the transgender military ban
The conservative majority granted the president's request on Tuesday, essentially allowing the ban …
Caitlin Foster,Reuters
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Trump asks Supreme Court to consider transgender military ban
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to consider the ban in the current term, meaning a…
John Haltiwanger
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Canada's military brilliantly trolled Trump for the transgender military service ban
However, a number of politicians and veterans have strongly voiced opposition to the ban. Rep. Dan …
Leanna Garfield
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Here's a breakdown of the Trump administration's transgender military ban that the Supreme Court allowed to move forward
Transgender persons with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria are generally disqualified, alt…
Caitlin Foster
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responds to Trump's transgender military ban
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spoken out against President Trump's tweeted decision to ban trans…
Nick Vega
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The White House says it will issue official guidelines for Trump's military transgender ban
After Trump's apparent reversal of President Barack Obama's directive to end the ban on transgender…
David Choi
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Google CEO responds to Trump's transgender military ban: 'Let Them Serve'
Relations between Silicon Valley and the Trump administration have been rocky at best. Google was e…
Steve Kovach
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'Discrimination, plain and simple': Senators react to Trump ban on transgender people in the military
The Pentagon has already decided to allow active duty transgender individuals to continue serving, …
Michelle Mark
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Biden acknowledges and mourns dozens killed in 'deadliest year on record for transgender Americans'
Biden during his first year in office has reversed several anti-trans policies enacted in the Trump…
Connor Perrett
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'Transgender people are people': Republicans come out in swift opposition to Trump's ban on transgender people from serving in the military
"The Department of Defense has already decided to allow currently serving transgender individuals t…
Allan Smith
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Pentagon officials are not even trying to sound coordinated with Trump on his military transgender ban
"We refer all questions about the President's statements to the White House. We will continue to wo…