Donald Trump has signed an executive order paving the way for banning transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military by effectively declaring them unfit for service.
The president's order declares that the Armed Forces have been besieged by “radical gender ideology” under the past presidential administration to “appease activists unconcerned with the requirements of military service like physical and mental health, selflessness, and unit cohesion.”
The order states that “longstanding Department of Defense policy provides that it is the policy of the DoD to ensure that service members are ‘ree of medical conditions or physical defects that may reasonably be expected to require excessive time lost from duty for necessary treatment or hospitalization.
Donald Trump's gay nominee to be the next U.S. Secretary of the Treasury is demanding -- demanding -- an apology from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for asking Trump to show compassion and mercy as the nation's president.
The Episcopal Bishop gave a sermon during the Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, January 21.
During her remarks, Budde implored Trump to "have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now," referring specifically to gay, lesbian, and transgender children, some of whom she said "fear for their lives."
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ordered employees to stop processing claims from LGBTQ individuals alleging violations of their rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "sex."
In a 2020 court case, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the federal civil rights law's protections extend to instances where employees have been fired or denied promotions due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The finding in that case runs counter to the Trump administration's recent executive orders refusing to recognize gender identity as valid and recognizing "sex" as fixed and congruent with one's assigned sex at birth.
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