Outrage after Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon tries to quietly move to kick out transgender troops
The Trump administration directive looking to discharge trans service members was tucked away in a court filing.
February 28, 2025
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HRC & Lambda Legal announce lawsuit to block Trump’s renewed moves to ban transgender military service
Trump's new executive order is discriminatory, unconstitutional, and harmful to military readiness, the organizations say.
January 28, 2025
Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw squirms as CNN’s Kaitlan Collins confronts his shifts on trans military members
She presented the lawmaker with his own words on Fox News.
January 28, 2025
Trump revokes Biden's order that lifted trans military ban, clearing way for new ban
The new president hasn't issued a ban yet, but this action will allow him to.
January 21, 2025
SPARTA Cofounder Dies at North Carolina Campground
Tania Nichole Dunbar, an Army officer and advocate for LGBT people in the military, was found dead Sunday.
July 21, 2015
Remembering Trans Military Advocate Jess Shipps
The 31-year-old Air Force veteran is remembered for helping others through work with SPARTA and through YouTube videos.
June 24, 2015
Army Makes Positive Move for Trans Troops
A new Army policy makes it more difficult to discharge transgender troops, but will other service branches follow?
March 9, 2015
New Defense Sec. 'Open-Minded' on Trans Military Ban
Just five days after being sworn in, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter indicated that he wants everyone who is willing and able to serve to be able to do so -- and the White House agrees.
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February 23, 2015
Remembering Jess Shipps
Friends remember U.S. Air Force veteran Jess Shipps, best known to friends as 'Jessie' the 'Lumberchick.'
July 3, 2015
Allegations of Sexual Abuse, Antigay Slurs Rile Upscale Restaurant
A gay man and five other former employees of New Jersey's Mohawk House allege sexual harassment, use of antigay slurs, and more.
November 24, 2020
Donald Trump signs new executive order affecting transgender military members
He signed the order Monday night on Air Force 1.
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January 27, 2025
A Trans Military Ban Will Not Erase Me
As the president's ban takes effect, an openly trans service member shares his thoughts on being one of the few trans people still serving.
April 12, 2019
Air Force: First to Allow Trans Americans to Serve
Trans Airmen, as well as other troops, may still end up banned from open service as U.S. military's 'patchwork' of policies perpetuates 'unclear guidance.'
June 5, 2015
Pentagon Ends Trans Military Ban: "These Are the Kind of People We Want"
Starting today, transgender members of the U.S. military can serve openly.
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June 30, 2016
Military Officially Moves to Bar Over 13,700 Transgender Members
A memo published today says troops who aren't willing to serve in their birth gender will be out in a month.
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March 12, 2019
U.S. Transgender Military Ban Could Fall in May
A new memo from the Department of Defense reportedly lays out a prospective timeline that would allow transgender Americans to serve openly by May 27.
August 26, 2015
Hagel's Exit Leaves Unfinished Business For LGBT Military
Chuck Hagel spent two years as Defense secretary, but plenty is still left to be done to bring full LGBT equality to the military.
November 25, 2014
GOP Sen. Wonders: Which Bathroom for Trans Troops?
Conservative Republican Senator Jim Inhofe expressed confusion about which bathroom transgender troops would use once the ban is lifted against transgender Americans serving openly in the military.
July 24, 2015