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“The military has made me who I am. It has made me a better person,” Master Sergeant Logan Ireland told The Advocate. “All that I wish is for the military to see that and to honor that same sacrifice that I’ve given.”
The Delaware congresswoman said lawmakers were "betraying" those who volunteer to wear the uniforms of the U.S. military.
Logan and Laila Ireland became the face of transgender Americans serving in the military whose lives are now in flux, but their happy marriage can't be diminished.
The producer of The New York Times' groundbreaking doc about transgender members of the U.S. military reflects on just how much has changed -- and what hasn't -- since the world met Logan Ireland and Laila Villanueva.
The Air Force had previously said trans service members being purged from the military by Trump would be able to keep the benefits.
A new mini-documentary highlights the uncertain state of existence for an estimated 15,500 transgender Americans currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
These transgender troops will be the real stars walking the red carpet at tonight's televised awards ceremony.
A New Jersey U.S. District Court judge stepped in to block the Pentagon from takinc action against two trans airmen.
"I can't have someone who I feel is not only dangerous for the country and for me personally as a gay woman, but to the world," said DeGeneres.
“Hell of a precedent that’s being set here,” one person said.
As the Christian right attempts to legislate trans people out of existence, TransMilitary's Fiona Dawson offers up ways we can all fight back.
Their presence is meant as a rebuke to Donald Trump's transgender military ban.
Trans Airmen, as well as other troops, may still end up banned from open service as U.S. military's 'patchwork' of policies perpetuates 'unclear guidance.'
"This isn't just a fight for us," Technical Sgt. Alyx Anguiano told The Advocate. "It's a threat to every person who has served or is currently serving."
The American Medical Association weighs in -- against the ban on military service by out transgender Americans.
Jennifer Williams, the first out trans delegate at the Republican National Convention, sees a silver lining in the president's ban on transgender military service.
Across centuries of wars, bans, and battles for recognition, trans military members have answered the call. Now they're fighting for their right to do so.
The media organization announced its list of those that promoted "fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues" in 2017.
"Our relationship reflects the movement in that we have had rights granted and then stripped away, more than once," writes The Advocate's Editorial Director.
