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What You Need to Know: President Trump’s Ban on Transgender Service Members
What You Need to Know: President Trump’s Ban on Transgender Service Members
An overwhelming majority – 70% of Americans – support allowing transgender Americans to serve in our nation’s armed forces
More than 13,000 transgender service members in active duty will be affected by the Trump Administration’s ban
ICYMI: GLAAD hosts screening of TransMilitary on Capitol Hill last week – Speaker Pelosi: “the ban is an act of cruelty”
NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today issued the following report to the media, providing them a detailed outline of President Donald Trump’s ban on allowing transgender Americans from serving in the country’s armed forces. This report includes a timeline of the ban since the announcement, and how it is expected to impact transgender Americans – including those currently serving the nation.
The ban, which has been panned universally by the public – including the late U.S. Senator John McCain, is expected to be implemented this Friday, April 12. To speak with a transgender service member who may be affected by the Trump Administration’s ban, contact Drew Anderson at [email protected].
HOW THE BAN HARMS TRANSGENDER AMERICANS
With permission from OutServe-SLDN, and through their coalition SPARTA, Lambda Legal, and other LGBTQ advocacy organizations, GLAAD provides this brief summary of how this ban will harm transgender Americans once the Trump Administration’s ban is enforced this Friday:
- Any transgender person in active service (active duty, reserve, and National Guard) who comes out publicly as transgender and seeks to transition will face discharge.
- Currently-serving transgender troops who came out as transgender before April 12, 2019 in reliance on the open service policy will not face discharge, but will be forced to serve under an official policy that deems them unfit despite their demonstrated ability to meet military standards.
- Transgender Americans will be barred from further enlistment.
TIMELINE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BAN ON TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS
Below is a brief summary of events that occurred the moment President Trump announced his ban on transgender Americans from serving for the nation’s armed forces. For an extensive timeline which includes ongoing litigation surrounding the ban, go to notransmilitaryban.org/timeline/.
July 26, 2017: President Trump announces his ban directive via Twitter.
July 26, 2017: The White House blasts press release citing a news article describing being transgender as a “psychological disorder.”
August 25, 2017: President Trump officially directs the Pentagon to move forward with his ban on transgender service members openly serving in the U.S. Military.
September 11, 2017: U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Susan Collins, and John McCain announce new legislation which would reverse President Trump’s ban on transgender service members.
March 23, 2018: President Trump issued an order, also known as the “Mattis Plan,” to implement the ban on transgender Americans from serving in the nation’s armed forces.
March 23, 2018: Reporting revealed the Trump Administration worked closely with Tony Perkins, head of the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council, to draft their latest policy on the transgender service member ban.
November 23, 2018: The Trump Administration asks the United States Supreme Court to circumvent federal appeals courts and issue a ruling on transgender Americans’ right to serve in the military.
January 22, 2019: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision allowing the Trump Administration to begin implementing its ban on transgender Americans from serving in the nation’s armed forces.
February 7, 2019: U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Susan Collins reintroduce legislation to reverse President Trump’s ban on transgender service members.
February 27, 2019: During a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on the administration’s ban on transgender services members from serving openly in the armed forces, Trump Administration officials used derogatory phrases such as “a transgender,” but they also called gender-confirmation surgery a “disqualifying surgery,” comparing it to having cancer, heart disease, or diabetes.
March 12, 2019: In a late-night decision, the Trump Administration announces plans to implement its ban on transgender service members from openly serving in the country’s armed forces according to their gender identity, impacting more than 13,000 service members currently who are enlisted.
April 12, 2019: President Trump’s ban which would prevent transgender service members from openly serving their country will go into effect.
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Not only has GLAAD condemned the administration’s attempt to prevent transgender Americans from serving the United States, but GLAAD also supported the production and publicity of TransMilitary, a documentary which tells the stories about the brave trans soldiers currently our country. GLAAD presented a copy of the documentary to every member of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Military Personnel ahead of the subcommittee’s hearing on the topic on February 27. TransMilitary is now available on iTunes and Amazon.
The Trump Administration’s ban on transgender service members are a part of the more than 100 attacks the administration has made against LGBTQ Americans in policy or rhetoric since 2017. To see the entire list of attacks on Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ Americans and for more information on GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project, go to www.glaad.org/trump.
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“It’s a human issue. It’s an American issue.” – Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Why We Need the Equality Act
“It’s a human issue. It’s an American issue.” – Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Why We Need the Equality Act
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CNN Analyst and Former FBI Agent Thinks Ousted DHS Security Kirstjen Nielsen Was Behind the Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Attacking Trump
CNN Analyst and Former FBI Agent Thinks Ousted DHS Security Kirstjen Nielsen Was Behind the Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Attacking Trump
CNN Analyst and former FBI agent Josh Campbell believes that ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was behind the September 2018 anonymous op-ed by a senior Trump administration official who said that “many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.”
Tweeted Campbell: “As a trained investigator, I’m just going to go on record now saying that anonymous NYT op-ed was LOADED with commas and em dashes. And so is this resignation letter.”
As a trained investigator, I’m just going to go on record now saying that anonymous NYT op-ed was LOADED with commas and em dashes.
And so is this resignation letter. t.co/6KM1huiO0i t.co/GTdYRzumSd
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 7, 2019
Campbell added: ‘I might be wrong, but the style and cadence… Nielsen: “And we have ramped up security measures…” Anonymous NYT op-ed writer: “And we are trying to do what’s right…” And don’t even get me started on the use of “historic,” “thwart,” “discourse,” and “safer”… ‘
Nielsen, who oversaw the administration’s family separation policy which has placed children in cages, was sacked via tweet, Axios reported: ‘Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen brought her resignation letter with her when she met President Trump in the White House residence yesterday afternoon, top sources tell Axios. he wasn’t intenton quitting but was prepared to, sources tell us. The meeting went poorly, and Trump didn’t even let her announce her “resignation.” While she was racing to put out the letter (not that different from one she wrote after midterms), Trump tweeted that she “will be leaving her position.”‘
….I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for @DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2019
Trump was reportedly furious that Nielsen resisted pressure to reinstate the family separation policy, NBC News’ Geoff Bennett and Julia Ainsley reported.
EXCLUSIVE from @JuliaEAinsley and me: President Trump has for months now urged his administration to reinstate large-scale separation of migrant families crossing the border, according to three U.S. officials with knowledge of meetings at the White House.
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 8, 2019
Trump has been pushing this policy since January, the sources said.
A senior administation official says they believe Trump is convinced that family separation has been the most effective policy at deterring large numbers of asylum seekers.
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 8, 2019
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#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 8, 2019
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 8, 2019
CHASTEN BUTTIGIEG AT HRC’S 22ND ANNUAL HOUSTON GALA CALLS FOR ALL TO FIGHT FOR AMERICA WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE THEIR TRUTH: “Over the last three months of traveling the country at his side, meeting people from all walks of life, we have discovered that people are united in protecting our values of freedom, Democracy and security. Especially freedom to live an authentic life regardless of who you love or how you identify,” Buttigieg (@Chas10Buttigieg), husband of presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, said during an appearance at the Saturday event. More from Towleroad, Washington Examiner and Los Angeles Blade.
- Pete Buttigieg to Mike Pence — “If you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is with my Creator.” USA Today’s Maureen Groppe (@mgroppe) reports on Buttigieg’s remarks at a Victory Fund event yesterday. Read more at USA Today.
VICTORY — COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENDS BILL PROTECTING LGBTQ YOUTH FROM DANGEROUS “CONVERSION THERAPY” TO GOV’S DESK: “Governor Jared Polis has been a trailblazing champion for LGBTQ rights and representation in Colorado and we look forward to him signing these protections into law,” said HRC Field Director Marty Rouse. More from HRC and Pink News.
MUST WATCH MONDAY — HRC PRESS SECRETARY AND ARMY VET CHARLOTTE CLYMER DISMANTLES DISCRIMINATORY TRUMP-PENCE TRANS TROOP BAN: More from CBS Sunday Morning.
Love to my friend @cmclymer! t.co/oU4bzG1bHq
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) April 7, 2019
TEXAS ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS WOULD DAMAGE STATE ECONOMY: “Texans want LGBTQ people to have the same opportunities to live and work, the same access to services and to contribute to their communities as everyone else, and to be free from fear of discrimination,” said Jessica Shortall, executive director of a business alliance opposed to the anti-LGBTQ measures. More from Houston Chronicle.
- Anti-LGBTQ adoption bills continue to move in Texas state legislature. Read more from NBC’s Julie Moreau (@JEMoreau).
MARA KEISLING TALKS TRUMP, THE EQUALITY ACT AND FIGHTING FOR TRANS RIGHTS: Metro Weekly’s John Riley (@JohnAndresRiley) interviews Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE). More from Metro Weekly.
From standing up to Trump-Pence’s attacks on the transgender community, to fighting fiercely for the #EqualityAct, @MaraKeisling & @TransEquality are an unstoppable force for LGBTQ equality. Thank you Mara for your incredible leadership! t.co/8m5EaWuEO1
— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) April 4, 2019
THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. WE CAN DO BETTER. ASHANTI CARMON DESERVED BETTER: Read Samantha Schmidt’s (@schmidtsam7) report about the life and tragic death of Carmon, a Black transgender woman killed last week in Maryland, in The Washington Post.
FOUNDATIONS URGE MORE PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY:
“When we say health and justice for all, we put the most vulnerable, including transgender people, at the center of that effort.”
Members of @CalEndow & @LGBTfunders urge more philanthropic support go towards the issues facing transgender people. t.co/TPWiY3hi4g
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 5, 2019
GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS
REUTERS REPORTS THAT LAWYERS URGE VATICAN “TO DENOUNCE CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY”: Read more from Reuters.
U.S. GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARREST OF LGBTQ PEOPLE IN AZERBAIJAN: More from Washington Blade.
PARAGUAY LGBTQ COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO FACE SETBACK IN FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: More from Reuters.
READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!
The New York Times’ Jamal Jordan (@lostblackboy) writes about his upcoming book celebrating LGBTQ people of color; Telegraph features the powerful story of a Houston County transgender cop; Out previews new Netflix animated LGBTQ superhero series that may star actor Sean Hayes (@SeanHayes); The Hill highlights the Queer Eye’s (@QueerEye) Fab Five visit to DC and their support for the Equality Act
“So, the #EqualityAct is what he’s talking about.”
Yaassssss, @JVN! pic.twitter.com/acossEqsr7
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 5, 2019
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