This trans Air Force recruit wants to jump out of planes to save others. He's suing Trump to serve
Clayton McCallister is one of the trans people challenging Donald Trump's transgender military ban.
April 2, 2025
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The move is a chilling example of the weaponization of the Department of Justice.
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“Donald Trump and his administration are clearly confused about American values,” NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson told The Advocate.
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Feds drop charges against Texas doctor who leaked gender-affirming care info to far-right extremist
The charges against Dr. Ethan Haim were dropped after a personal appeal from Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley to President Donald Trump.
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The offensive texts, which the FBI said it is investigating, even went to children in high school.
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Virginia voter registration portal outage fuels election concerns amid lawsuit over Youngkin’s roll purges
Voters were met with a message indicating they weren’t registered when trying to access the Citizen Portal.
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DOJ appeals block on Pentagon’s transgender military ban
The Trump Justice Department is asking for an emergency stay to allow it to ban transgender people from the military.
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Trump administration admits to judge it doesn’t know how many troops are trans—or why it’s banning them
“The Department of Defense does not track service members or applicants by gender identity,” DOJ lawyers told a judge in a Saturday filing.
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Federal judge roasts Trump DOJ attorney over ‘frankly ridiculous’ claims in transgender military ban case
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes was not having it.
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Ro Khanna says that Democrats need to stand firmly behind the trans community
The Silicon Valley representative and LGBTQ+ ally says the party needs to stand strongly behind the trans rights and fight back.
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Eight California sheriff's deputies sacked for covering up a fellow officer's attack on trans man
Emmet Brock was followed, beaten, and arrested Deputy Sheriff Joseph Benza III.
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Man sentenced to life for hate-crime murder of trans woman Dime Doe
A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman, in the first federal trial for a hate crime based on the victim’s perceived gender identity.
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Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked
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Fireworks in D.C. courtroom as judge hears DOJ request to undo block on trans military ban
"There’s nothing in the record right now that tells me how many complaints there have been with respect to unit cohesion or military readiness with respect to gender dysphoria,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes told a Justice Department attorney.
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"It's a trap," one legal expert told The Advocate.
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Trump's Justice Department files complaint about lesbian judge hearing trans military case
The department is accusing U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of bias and misconduct.
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DOJ drops suit alleging Utah discriminated against trans inmate
The state's Attorney General Derek Brown credits President Donald Trump for the decision and a new attitude from the federal prosecutors.
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Under Trump, U.S. government now supports Tennessee law against gender-affirming care
The law is the subject of a challenge in a case heard at the Supreme Court in December.
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Department of Justice LGBTQ+ group disbands, fearing for 'the protection of all members' in Trump's admin
An unnamed LGBTQ+ staffer described the new climate in the Department of Justice as "extraordinarily alarming" since Trump took office.
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L.A. deputy sheriff pleads guilty to viciously assaulting transgender man
Joseph Benza III, 36, admitted to an incident in February 2023 where he followed a transgender man in his car for nearly two miles before brutally attacking him.
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