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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 ...
The first group of openly trans recruits in U.S. military history are moving forward without the support of their commander-in-chief.
... William Brangham: Now to another policy shift taking effect today, but this one at the federal level. Starting today, transgender individuals may openly join the U.S. military, this despite stiff opposition from President Trump, who tweeted last July that he wouldn't accept or allow transgender individuals to ...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has made clear its proposed ban on transgender military recruits is on hold, meaning their enlistment can start Monday. But the future for transgender people in the armed forces remains murky. The Justice Department isn't dropping its court fight to institute the ban on transgender ...
... accept or allow" transgender individuals to serve "in any capacity" in the military. That would reverse a 2016 policy change under President Barack Obama allowing transgender people to serve openly. Trump later formally directed the Pentagon to extend indefinitely a ban on transgender individuals joining the military, and he gave ...
... other important areas. Transgender individuals receiving hormone therapy also must be stable on their medication for 18 months. The requirements make it challenging for a transgender recruit to pass. But they mirror concerns President Barack Obama's administration laid out when the Pentagon initially lifted its ban on transgender service ...
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