All posts tagged "Trump administration"
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Richard Grenell, openly gay U.S. ambassador to Germany, has reportedly received death threats
Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany and highest-ranking out LGBTQ person in the Trump administration, has been receiving threats, including at least one against his...
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Trump administration to begin enforcing transgender military ban on April 12
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced its intention to begin moving forward with implementing the Trump administration’s plan to bar most transgender individuals from...
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Maryland court lifts injunction on Trump’s transgender military ban
A federal judge in Maryland has lifted the last remaining injunction preventing the Trump administration from implementing its preferred policy barring most transgender military personnel...
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Transgender service members warn about harms of Trump’s military ban
Two transgender service members who testified before a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Wednesday warned reporters on a Tuesday pre-hearing conference call that President Trump’s...
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Lawmakers invite transgender military members to Trump’s State of the Union Address
Democrats hope presence of special guests will highlight transgender service members' sacrifices and ability to serve
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D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump’s transgender military ban
Advocates call decision "a devastating slap in the face to transgender service members"
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Transgender service members ask D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to keep blocking Trump’s military ban
Federal judges have previously ruled plaintiffs have a likelihood of success in arguing ban is unconstitutional
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D.C. federal judge refuses to lift order blocking Pentagon from implementing transgender ban
Judge reiterates that "revised" plan to ban transgender service members isn't substantially different from a sweeping ban
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to implement transgender military ban
Department of Justice tries to circumvent lower courts in an effort to expel transgender service members
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Trump’s USDA tries to reverse 4-H organization’s pro-LGBTQ policy
The Trump administration has been pressuring the national 4-H youth organization to rescind a policy allowing LGBTQ participants — setting in motion a series of...
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Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons sued over rollback of protections for transgender inmates
Policy change was prompted by a lawsuit claiming female inmates are "threatened" by the mere presence of transgender women
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Barbra Streisand records message urging LGBTQ people and allies to vote
Award-winning singer, actress, and global icon Barbra Streisand has a message for LGBTQ people and allies: vote. Streisand, a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ community,...
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56 major companies stand up against attempts to erase transgender civil rights protections
Fifty-six major companies are standing in solidarity with members of the nation’s transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming communities and expressing their opposition to a Trump administration...
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Retired military officers and veterans among groups opposing transgender ban
A number of former military officers, veterans’ and civil rights organizations, women’s groups, military scholars and historians, and states have filed briefs supporting efforts to...
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LGBTQ groups ask court to keep injunction blocking transgender military ban in place
Lawyers for anonymous transgender troops argue their clients will be harmed if the ban is allowed to be implemented
