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Unlike his previous ban that prohibited new members from signing up if they were transgender, Trump's proposed ban reportedly would medically discharge all current trans service members.
Nearly a decade after psychiatric reports claimed she suffered from an "irreconcilable" illness making her unfit to serve in the Argentine police force, a 49-year-old trans woman has been appointed as a deputy police commissioner.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced a Pentagon working group that will operate under the presumption that transgender Americans should be able to serve openly in the U.S. military.
The move comes after years of work by LGBT activists.
It's now OK to be gay in the U.S. military, but The Advocate spoke with several transgender people on why policy means they must remain in the closet.
Chaplain Andrew Calvert is under investigation for his remarks objecting to the lifting of the trans military ban.
In a now-deleted tweet, Gosar claimed the person who killed 19 children and two teachers was "a transsexual leftist illegal alien."
Gina Ortiz Jones, a lesbian, was confirmed as undersecretary of the Air Force, and Shawn Skelly, who is trans, was confirmed as assistant secretary of defense for readiness.
This week House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi became one of the first politicians to officially come out in support of trans people serving openly in the U.S. military.
Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton "the devil" while she called him "unfit to serve," among other zingers.
During Tuesday's House Transportation Committee hearing, Rep. Troy Nehls asked Secretary Pete Buttigieg whether the president was mentally unfit to serve and Buttigieg clapped back.
Robin Vaughn is being urged to resign following a homophobic screed during a call about the health crisis.
You'd think a man deemed too racist for a judgeship position 30 years ago would be too extreme to be confirmed as the nation's top cop. But you'd think wrong.
TransMilitary, a documentary designed to highlight the experiences of trans service members, has released a new trailer, and is set to launch later this year.
The Senate bill, called the Ensuring Military Readiness Act, would bar service for anyone who had transitioned anytime in the past 36 months before service.
