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... due to the instant-runoff voting system Minneapolis uses. Cunningham is a 29-year-old transgender man. His victory follows one by Andrea Jenkins, a transgender woman who easily won a seat on the City Council Tuesday night. It adds to a banner night for transgender people in public office ...
... the policy in place before June 2016, under which transgender individuals were barred from joining the military and service members could be discharged for being transgender. Under President Barack Obama, that policy was changed to allow transgender service members. The Trump administration may appeal Kollar-Kotelly's decision, but for ...
The Justice Department is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's moves to curtail military service by transgender people. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of eight transgender individuals. They include service members in the Air Force, Coast Guard and Army, and students in ...
... when transgender individuals may serve in the military. The Obama administration in June 2016 changed longstanding policy, and declared that troops could serve openly as transgender individuals. And it set a July 2017 deadline for determining whether transgender people could be allowed to enter the military. Mattis delayed any decision ...
... conduct a study with a very distinct mandate. And that included looking at the estimated transgender population in the military, seeing how many of those transgender service members would be likely to seek gender-transition-related treatment, what the costs would be of extending health care coverage to the transgender ...
... would reverse an Obama administration policy put in place last year that allows transgender individuals to serve openly in the military. Until then, thousands of transgender members of the military are in limbo. A Rand Corporation study released last year concluded that transgender troops would have a “minimal impact” on ...
... House guidance on transgender policy, adding, "More information will be forthcoming." Only one year ago, in June 2016, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that transgender individuals could serve openly for the first time. Prior to that, most transgender people in the military had been forced to keep their status ...
... summer. “Because most of the time they’re in experiences where they’re the only child who is transgender.” James said being surrounded by other transgender kids has definitely been a positive. “It’s very amazing to be with people that are also transgender,” James said. “The camp has helped ...
The reactions to President Donald Trump’s tweets last Wednesday announcing a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military have continued pouring in this week. On Tuesday, 56 retired military officers spoke out against the announcement, warning that the policy, if implemented, “would degrade military readiness.” For now ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The U.S. military's top commander said there will not be any changes regarding transgender troops for now. President Trump tweeted yesterday that he's reinstating the ban on transgender service members. Today, in an internal memo, Marine General and ...
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