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Hegseth attacks transgender service members in speech: 'No more dudes in dresses. We're done with that s**t'

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sparks outrage by denigrating transgender military members, saying the armed forces are "leaving wokeness behind."

Transgender Military Service Studied With $1.35 Million Grant

A new initiative from the Palm Center will explore how the U.S. military could include trans troops without disruption.

Op-ed: The True Hurdles to Open Trans Military Service

Why is no one discussing or addressing the very real complications that surround open transgender service?

HRC & Lambda Legal announce lawsuit to block Trump’s renewed moves to ban transgender military service

Trump's new executive order is discriminatory, unconstitutional, and harmful to military readiness, the organizations say.

Op-ed: The Policies Keeping Trans People From Military Service

Only policy stands between transgender people and the military service some seek.

Ted Cruz Is Open to Reinstating DADT

The Republican presidential candidate also blasts military service by transgender people.

Huckabee Compares Being Trans to Getting Breast Implants

The presidential aspirant also called open military service by transgender Americans 'absurd.'

America's Doctors: Transgender Military Ban is Pointless

The American Medical Association weighs in -- against the ban on military service by out transgender Americans.

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."

Study: Rescind The Ban on Trans Service Members

A study funded by transgender billionaire and military veteran Jennifer Pritzker breaks down the arguments disqualifying trans people from military service.

This Week in the Resistance: Nintendo and MTV

This week in the Resistance, Nintendo fosters LGBT pride and MTV supports transgender military service members.

Poll: Trump's Anti-LGBT Policies Get Thumbs-Down

A plurality of Americans disapprove of his handling of LGBT issues, including the ban on military service by transgender people.

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.

STUDY: Is U.S. Military Ready for Open Trans Service?

The movement to overturn the military's ban on open service by transgender people continues to gain momentum, putting pressure on the Defense Department to act.

WATCH: New Trailer for Doc on Trans Servicemembers

Transmilitary hopes to get the public riled that openly transgender people are banned from military service.

This Trans Republican Thinks Trump's Military Ban Could Lead to Positive Change

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.

Army appears to make trans service ban official with social media post

The Army “will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members,” the post states.

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.

Monday Marks Beginning of the End for Trans Military Ban

The Pentagon's working group tasked with rescinding the military's long-standing ban on service by openly transgender Americans will hold its first meeting Monday.

OutServe-SLDN Offices to Close Up Shop?

In the wake of ongoing financial woes and a headline-grabbing attempted ouster of the group's transgender executive director, the LGBT military service organization may be shuttering its offices.

Another judge blocks the Pentagon from implementing Trump's transgender military ban

Donald Trump's Department of Justice has had a difficult few days in court as the administration continues to try to ban transgender people from military service.