All posts tagged "palm center"
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Pentagon Report: Fears of Out LGB Military Members Were Unfounded
An overlooked Pentagon report issued last year by the Joint Chiefs of Staff has debunked decades-old claims that integrating out LGBTQ soldiers into the ranks...
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Palm Center, an LGBTQ Military Think Tank, Closes Down
The Palm Center, a research institute that specializes in researching LGBTQ inclusion in the U.S. military, is shutting down day-to-day operations after 24 years of...
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Veterans Affairs seeking to allow transgender veterans to receive medically necessary care
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will pursue a rule change to allow transgender veterans to receive medically necessary surgery.
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Pentagon issues new guidance allowing transgender troops to serve
The Pentagon has issued new guidance allowing transgender military members to serve openly and obtain gender-affirming health care.
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President Biden repeals Trump’s ban on transgender service members
President Joe Biden has repealed the Trump administration's ban prohibiting most transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
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Trump’s trans military ban could be easily reversed in 30 days
A new memo says military has infrastructure in place to rapidly reverse restrictions on transgender service
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US military criticized for celebrating Pride Month despite transgender ban
Palm Center calls Armed Forces' touting of inclusion while transgender ban remains in place the "ultimate hypocrisy"
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Defense bill amendment would allow trans soldiers to serve in U.S. military
Amendment is modeled after President Harry Truman's 1948 order racially integrating the Armed Forces
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Trump’s newest Defense Secretary is on record saying trans troops don’t hurt unit cohesion
Former Army Secretary's past comments contradict rationale for Trump administration's current policy
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UPDATE: U.S. House votes to defund Trump’s transgender ban
Amendment to defense appropriations bill would bar Defense Department funds from being used to enforce ban
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Trump tries to justify military ban by saying transgender people take “massive amounts of drugs”
President also cites cost of, and recovery time after, gender confirmation surgery in defending the ban
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Mattis and Gillibrand clash over Trump administration’s transgender ban
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis clashed with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) while trying to justify President Trump’s transgender military ban during an Armed...
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Senators introduce defense bill amendment to halt Trump’s trans military ban
Amendment would force Department of Defense to continue reviewing open deployment of trans troops
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Navy professors’ report says trans military ban would cost $960 million
A new report by current and retired professors at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey projects that President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender military members...
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56 retired generals and admirals say transgender ban will hurt military readiness
Former military leaders say President Trump is wrong about costs of medical care for transgender troops
