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The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender people serving in the military while legal challenges play out. The justices decided to lift a lower court ruling that put the policy on hold nationwide. The case stems from an executive order that Trump issued ...
... take.” As Pentagon chief, Hegseth has touted his efforts to root out any programming or leadership that endorses diversity in the ranks, tried to terminate transgender service members and begun sweeping changes to enforce a uniform fitness standard for combat positions. In a memo announcing the cuts Monday, Hegseth said ...
In our news wrap Thursday, Ukraine agreed to a deal giving the U.S. access to its rare-earth elements and resources like oil and natural gas, the Trump administration is pushing for more behavioral therapy for transgender youth instead of gender-affirming health care and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...
Trump mostly went in a different direction. He did a grunting impression of a female weightlifter as he criticized the participation of transgender women in sports. He bragged about how tech moguls have warmed up to him, saying, “They all hated me in my first term, and now they’re ...
He promised to roll back transgender rights Trump campaigned against the participation of transgender athletes in sports and against broader moves in society, especially in Democratic-led jurisdictions, to accommodate views that gender is not inherently binary. He vowed to take on “transgender craziness.” As president, he has signed executive ...
... greeted by a group of Rome’s poor and needy people, those whom the pontiff felt closer to. Around 40 people — homeless, prisoners, migrants and transgender people — will salute the pope holding a white rose, just before his burial. “The poor have a special place in the heart of the ...
In our news wrap Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to ban transgender service members as legal challenges play out, a federal judge has ordered the administration to bring back another man who was deported to El Salvador and the president insisted his administration ...
... arts curriculum that included books featuring LGBTQ characters, including a picture book about a dog who gets lost at a Pride parade and others featuring transgender children. Some parents asked for their children to be opted out from the curriculum because the books conflicted with their religious beliefs. The board ...
... second term, Trump has worked to crack down on any aspect of college life that could be perceived as “DEI,” launched investigations into antisemitism and transgender student athletics on campuses and threatened universities’ federal funding and nonprofit statuses. He has also pledged to dismantle the Department of Education, which historically ...
... is a man. "Love, Violet" deals with a girl's anxiety about giving a valentine to another girl. "Born Ready" is the story of a transgender boy's decision to share his gender identity with his family and the world. "Intersection Allies" describes nine characters of varying backgrounds, including one ...
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