Transgender Military

• South Korean military discharges its first transgender soldier

  Byun Hui-su asked military leaders to reconsider their decision and let her serve as a female soldier. She said becoming a soldier was her childhood dream.

  World

  Jan 22, 2020
  
• Trump’s transgender military ban goes into effect

  Advocates say the new policy would force trans military members to choose between transition and their job and result in increased stigma and mental health issues.

  World

  Apr 12, 2019
  
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• Transgender vets, sexual-assault survivors to attend Trump’s SOTU speech

  At least four Democratic congresspeople will bring transgender military members to the speech, to protest Trump’s ban of trans-people in the military.

  Politics

  Feb 5, 2019
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• Transgender military personnel in limbo after court upholds Trump’s ban

  Long term, lawyers and activists battling to ensure that transgender people can serve openly in the U.S. military are convinced they will prevail. Short term, they are braced for anguishing consequences.

  World

  Jan 26, 2019
• Trump asks Supreme Court to review case blocking his transgender military ban

  President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the military.

  World

  Nov 23, 2018
• Man accused of throwing chicken poop at Red Hen restaurant that refused Sarah Sanders

  Protests outside a Lexington, Va. restaurant that refused to serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders took a peculiar turn.

  World

  Jun 27, 2018
• Donald Trump signs new transgender military ban

  Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances.”

  World

  Mar 24, 2018
• Transgender people will be able to enlist in U.S. military starting Jan. 1 despite Trump’s opposition

  Maj. David Eastburn says the enlistment of transgender recruits will start Jan. 1 and go on amid the legal battles.

  Politics

  Dec 11, 2017
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• Federal court blocks Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military members

  Trump announced in an August memo that he intended to reverse course on a 2016 policy that allowed troops to serve openly as transgender individuals.

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2017
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• Donald Trump’s military transgender ban challenged by two lawsuits

  Civil rights groups filed two new lawsuits on Monday challenging President Donald Trump's controversial ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military.

  World

  Aug 28, 2017