... serve in the Nation's armed forces." In a statement, Peter Renn, an attorney for Lambda Legal, which brought one of the challenges to the transgender military policy, called the Trump administration's action Friday a "highly unusual step" that is "wildly premature and inappropriate." The Pentagon initially lifted its ...
Medicaid expansion was another multistate topic on the ballot. Nebraska and Idaho voters approved measures to expand Medicaid health coverage to tens of thousands of low-income residents.
... others are an attempt to ban them from military service; a memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions concluding that civil rights laws don't protect transgender people from discrimination on the job; and the scrapping of Obama-era guidance encouraging school officials to let transgender students use school bathrooms that ...
"The whole world is looking at this as a historic moment for a transgender candidate, but that's not what Vermont looked at," Hallquist said. "Vermonters looked at, 'What's Christine and her team going to do for Vermont?'" "Look to Vermont," she said. "We continue to demonstrate leadership ...
... the state, find jobs and afford homes."Vermonters are going to elect me on the platform. They are not going to elect me because of the fact that I'm transgender — that's the reality," Hallquist said, conceding: "Obviously, nationwide it's significant, the first transgender governor. It is pioneering."
Jackson Bird came out as a transgender man at 25. Growing up without any role models, he felt as if he were alone in the world. Now he makes YouTube videos and hosts the podcast "Transmission" to help everyone better understand the transgender community. Bird offers his Brief but Spectacular ...
... involving transgender people’s use of sex-segregated facilities. Both Boyertown and Dallas (Oregon, not Texas) were cases brought against school districts with policies allowing transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identities. In both cases, the plaintiffs were non-transgender students and their parents who alleged ...
... President Donald Trump's call to bar military service by transgender people; Attorney General Jeff Sessions' memo concluding that civil rights laws don't protect transgender people from discrimination on the job; the override of Obama-era guidance that allowed transgender students to use school bathrooms that matched their gender ...
... sought mental health help or are planning to seek surgery. For the past two years, Pentagon officials have insisted they don't collect data on transgender troops. White said that the department is complying with four court orders and is currently allowing transgender individuals to enlist and continue to serve ...
... Project, said the policy "effectively coerces transgender people who wish to serve into choosing between their humanity and their country, and makes it clear that transgender service members are not welcome." Trump received recommendations from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in February for dealing with transgender individuals serving in the military ...
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