Page 3
-
Senate panel confirms 1st openly gay military service leader
But it’s unclear when the full Senate will take up Eric Fanning’s nomination to be Army secretary.
-
Navy considers elevating discharge requirements for transgender service members
The Navy may soon join the Air Force and the Army in requiring high-level approval to separate transgender service members from the military, military officials said Tuesday.
-
Out Army veteran named chair of West Point Board of Visitors
A 1980 West Point graduate active in the fight for gay rights in the military has been named chairwoman of the board that reviews programs at the U.S. Military Academy.
-
U.S. Army elevates authority requirement for dismissing transgender soldiers
A spokeswoman emphasized the directive was not a change in policy toward transgender service members, who are still barred from serving in the military.
-
U.S. Army proposal would make it more difficult to discharge transgender soldiers
The decision to discharge transgender soldiers from the U.S. Army would be made by a top, senior civilian official under a plan outlined in a draft document obtained by USA Today.
-
ACLU: U.S. Army to recognize legal names of transgender veterans
TRENTON, N.J. — The U.S. Army has agreed to “fully recognize” the new legal names of two transgender military veterans, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday. The group’s New Jersey chapter announced that the Army Board for Correction of Military Records recently notified the two veterans about its decision.
-
The family who launched Army captain Max Lenox’s amazing journey
Max Lenox was born to a crack-addicted black mother and raised by two white gay fathers who helped shape him into the much-admired captain of Army basketball.
-
Investigators: U.S. Army discriminated against civilian transgender worker
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Army officials discriminated against a transgender employee who underwent a sex change while working at an Alabama installation, restricting her from the women’s restroom and using her male name despite her preference to be referred to as a woman, a federal investigation found.
-
Attorney: Manning not being provided approved hormone therapy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning isn’t receiving medical treatment for her gender identity condition as previously approved by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the American Civil Liberties Union and Manning’s attorney said Tuesday. The ACLU and Manning’s civilian attorney, David E. Coombs, on Tuesday notified …
-
ACLU petitions U.S. Army to recognize two transgender veterans
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union wants the U.S. Army to “fully recognize” the new legal names of two New Jersey-based transgender military veterans. The group announced Monday that it submitted two applications to the Defense Department’s Army Review Boards Agency on July 30 on behalf of the two veterans…