• President Trump to ban transgender individuals from U.S. military

    President Trump to ban transgender individuals from U.S. military

    Jul 26, 2017 01:32 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is barring transgender people from serving in the military "in any capacity," citing "tremendous medical costs and disruption." Trump's announcement Wednesday morning on Twitter did not say what would happen to transgender people already in the military. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890193981585444864 https://twitter ...

  • Transgender health care targeted in crusade to undo ACA

    Transgender health care targeted in crusade to undo ACA

    Jul 14, 2017 04:21 PM EST

    ... say the change could create cost pressures that would drive states to restrict who is eligible for the program, stop covering particular services or both. “Transgender people could be vulnerable,” suggested Harper Jean Tobin, policy director at the National Center for Transgender Equality, an advocacy group. “That is more likely ...

  • House rejects ban on transgender surgery for U.S. soldiers

    House rejects ban on transgender surgery for U.S. soldiers

    Jul 13, 2017 07:38 PM EST

    ... reserves. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis decided late last month to give the military chiefs another six months to conduct a review to determine if letting transgender people enlist in the armed services will affect the "readiness or lethality" of the force. However, the delay doesn't affect transgender troops who ...

  • AP report: Military chiefs have six more months to review transgender enlistments

    AP report: Military chiefs have six more months to review transgender enlistments

    Jul 01, 2017 02:32 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is giving the military chiefs another six months to conduct a review to determine if allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the armed services will affect the "readiness or lethality" of the force. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said Mattis made the decision Friday. The delay ...

  • Military chiefs want 6-month delay on transgender enlistment

    Military chiefs want 6-month delay on transgender enlistment

    Jun 23, 2017 08:09 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Military chiefs will seek a six-month delay before letting transgender people enlist in their services, officials said Friday. After meetings this week, the service leaders hammered out an agreement that rejected Army and Air Force requests for a two-year wait and reflected broader concerns that a longer ...

  • Oregon governor signs transgender equity bill into law

    Oregon governor signs transgender equity bill into law

    Jun 01, 2017 01:02 PM EST

    ... transgender community, says 59-year-old Stacey Rice, executive co-director of Q Center, a Portland community support center for LGBTQ individuals. Rice is a transgender woman but still hasn't been able to change her North Carolina birth records after 17 years because she hasn't undergone a sex ...

  • Texas revives transgender 'bathroom bill' for public schools

    Texas revives transgender 'bathroom bill' for public schools

    May 22, 2017 03:09 AM EST

    AUSTIN, Texas — A transgender "bathroom bill" reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas — though it may only apply to public schools. A broader proposal mandating that virtually all transgender people in the country ...

  • To reduce stigma, metro in Kerala, India hires transgender workers

    To reduce stigma, metro in Kerala, India hires transgender workers

    May 13, 2017 07:04 PM EST

    ... Kochi Metro Rail, told the Guardian. But this marks a minor change in one of the world’s most populous countries and the history of transgender people who live there. In India, feminine transgender people are often referred to as hijras, a word that has taken on a spectrum of ...

  • News Wrap: Supreme Court sends transgender bathroom case back to lower court

    News Wrap: Supreme Court sends transgender bathroom case back to lower court

    Mar 07, 2017 01:29 AM EST

    ... JOHN YANG: In the day's other news: The U.S. Supreme Court said it won't hear a case on transgender bathroom use in public schools after all. A lower court had ruled in favor of a Virginia teenager who wanted access to the boys' bathroom. Since then ...

  • Supreme Court says it won't hear case on transgender bathroom rights

    Supreme Court says it won't hear case on transgender bathroom rights

    Mar 06, 2017 03:07 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen's case to a lower court without reaching a decision. The justices said Monday they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm the right to use the boys' bathroom in his Virginia ...