Republicans release top bill priorities in rules package. The No. 1 priority? Trans people
The rules package released by Speaker Johnson shows that transgender people are likely to be a top priority for Republicans in 2025.
January 3, 2025
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Gay man fights for pardon after he was jailed for being LGBTQ+ in the military 30 years ago
One former Air Force officer who served 18 months in prison for consensual sodomy described a complicated, slow, and secretive process.
December 2, 2024
Military Leaves Trans Service Members in Limbo
The Human Rights Campaign is criticizing the Pentagon for not yet moving ahead with a permanent end to the trans military ban.
June 25, 2017
South Korean Military Accused of Targeting Gay Service Members
The Military Human Rights Center for Korea is speaking out against an alleged crackdown of gay soldiers subject to mandatory service in the South Korean army, according to CNN.
May 1, 2017
Biden: Military Should Welcome Trans Service
Even before the government completes its policy review, the vice president says transgender members of the military are qualified to serve openly.
October 4, 2015
Virginia federal judge sets hearing on Hegseth’s censorship in military service members’ kids’ schools
The ACLU filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the Pentagon from purging books and culture.
May 8, 2025
Pete Hegseth receives jeers from U.S. service members’ families at military base in Germany
The Defense secretary did not receive a warm welcome on his first foreign trip.
February 11, 2025
Pete Hegseth mandates that all military service members watch his fratty Virginia speech to generals
“He cares that people are willing to follow his orders, no matter what the law says,” an Air Force member told The Advocate.
October 9, 2025
D.C. appeals court won't block Trump's trans military ban — just yet
The judges may reconsider if the military takes action against trans service members.
March 31, 2025
Pete Buttigieg rips Trump’s Veterans Affairs cuts & defends trans troops in Iowa town hall
He said that a service member "who happens to be transgender...ought to be honored and not kicked out of the military."
May 14, 2025
This Week in the Resistance: Nintendo and MTV
This week in the Resistance, Nintendo fosters LGBT pride and MTV supports transgender military service members.
August 25, 2017
Day Two of Trump's Ban, and Trans Troops Are Still Serving
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that the military will not discharge service members until the president sends further direction.
July 27, 2017
Scott Walker Would Keep Trans Military Ban
Wisconsin governor and presidential hopeful Scott Walker says he 'wouldn't change' the military's current ban on transgender service members.
August 10, 2015
Air Force rescinds early retirement approvals for transgender service members kicked out by Trump
The Air Force had previously said trans service members being purged from the military by Trump would be able to keep the benefits.
August 7, 2025
Congress Narrowly Rejects Anti-Trans Military Amendment
The Hartzler amendment "would have ripped away medically necessary health care for transgender service members and military dependents," according to OutServe-SLDN.
July 13, 2017
LGBTQ+ Troops and Vets Still Struggle Post-DADT, Study Finds
The end of "don't ask, don't tell" and the lifting of the trans military ban haven't solved all problems for LGBTQ+ service members and vets, says the Center for American Progress.
April 29, 2022
Meet the transgender Army lieutenant who is challenging Donald Trump's military ban
Nicolas Talbott has spent more than a decade preparing to be the best soldier he could be. He's now one of several trans military service members who are suing the Trump administration.
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March 31, 2025
WATCH: Defense Sec. Open to Review Trans Military Ban
Though the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' allowed for lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members to serve openly, the military continues to discriminate against trans individuals, preventing them from service. Secretary of Defense Hagel speaks with ABC News on the policy's future.
May 11, 2014
Pentagon Pressured to Revise Policies, Include Gay Military Spouses
In the wake of controversy surrounding the exclusion of a lesbian wife from an officers spouses' club, LGBT advocates are ramping up pressure on the Pentagon to revise guidelines across the military to prohibit discrimination against LGBT service members and their families.
January 17, 2013
Democratic congressional candidate waffles on military's gay ban
Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran and Democratic candidate for Congress, is at odds with two national gay rights groups over whether she supports repealing the military's ban on openly gay service members.
August 15, 2006
Fight for Queer Equality in the Military Chronicled in New MSNBC Documentary
Through the eyes of a veteran and activists, Serving in Secret depicts discrimination, love, heartache, and redemption on the road to repealing anti-LGBTQ+ policies.
November 7, 2023