by Jeff Lake The spring of 2019 has seen the implementation of the ban on military service by transgender individuals. What started as a tweet by President Trump in 2017 has now come to be official U.S. military policy. That policy is…Read More »
As 2019 began, the administration’s attempt to ban military service by transgender people was blocked by four nationwide injunctions in Washington State, California, Washington D.C. and in Maryland. In November, 2018, the Justice Department had petitioned the United States Supreme Court and…Read More »
The Trump administration is trying again to block most transgender individuals from serving in the US military. But the policy issued by Defense Secretary Mattis on Friday was almost immediately challenged in court. MLTF is working to fully digest the policy changes…Read More »
Update 3/28/18: In light of recent news of a newly revised trans ban by the Trump administration, we are preparing a new post on the current situation (as best we can assess it). That will be available soon. Please check back. On…Read More »
In the past few days, several developments have occurred in the ongoing story of President’s Trump’s reinstatement of the ban on transgender troops serving openly. Our August 1 post noted that there were as yet no official changes to the accepting policy enacted by…Read More »
On July 26th, President Trump issued via Twitter his decision that transgender personnel would no longer be able to serve in the military. After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept…Read More »
Kathy Gilberd, legal worker and longtime GI Rights advocate, looks into the delay on enforcing new trans-friendly recruitment policies, which were enacted in 2016 during the Obama administration.