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Proposal introduced to create study of the discrimination that LGBTQ vets faced for years
Co-introduced in the House by out Rep. Mark Takano, the bill would address the lingering effects of the military’s decades-long attack on LGBTQ personnel.
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Military to release new trans-inclusive policies to reverse Trump’s military ban
The measures will allow service members to access gender-affirming health care, among other provisions.
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Activists & civilians mourn after trans soldier banned from military is discovered dead
Sgt. Byun suddenly passed just over a year after her discharge from the South Korea’s military, which earned the country scrutiny from the United Nations and LGBTQ activists.
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Trans people who want to serve can “walk in and join” the military. Right now.
While there is still an internal review of recruitment policy under way in the Defense Department, the Pentagon made clear that trans people can walk in and start enlisting whenever they’re ready.
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Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che tells transphobic joke involving Joe Biden
Joe Biden repealed the transgender military ban, and SNL makes fun of transgender people’s bodies.
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Biden’s pro-LGBTQ executive order is his most popular according to new polling
Even most Republicans say they support Biden extending discrimination protections to LGBTQ people.
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President Biden overturns the ban on transgender military personnel
One of Biden’s biggest campaign promises to LGBTQ voters is being fulfilled.
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Joe Biden’s defense pick wants to allow trans people to serve in the military again
“I truly believe, senator… that if you are fit and you’re qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve,” said Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin.
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Biden’s team says landmark LGBTQ rights legislation could take more than 100 days to pass
But reversing the transgender military ban is still on the agenda for Joe Biden’s first day in office.
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Joe Biden will make LGBTQ rights a priority after inauguration
While he can reverse Trump’s executive orders, the fate of federal legislation banning discrimination rests on two Senate races in Georgia.