June 25, 2016
Transgender Military
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VA Announces Great News For Transgender Veterans
The Huffington Post | James Nichols | Posted 02.02.2016 | Queer Voices
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Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with blogger Scout, LGBT HealthLink and researcher Susana Fajardo, brings you a round up of some of th...
VA Opens First Clinic For Transgender Service Members
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The Department of Veterans Affairs opened its first health care clinic dedicated to transgender service members on Wednesday. Housed within the Louis ...
Pentagon Set To End Ban On Transgender Service Members In May
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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is set to lift its ban on transgender individuals serving openly in the military in May, ending what Defense Secretary Ash ...
Ending Trans Discrimination In the Military: the Rest of the Story
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On July 13, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter announced that next year, after a 6-month study, transgender Americans should be allowed to serve openly in the armed forces along with their gay and lesbian compatriots. It is a long overdue action to remove a barrier to open service for a small but significant minority.
Should Transgender People Be Allowed to Serve Openly in the Military?
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No one honorably serving their country should have to lie about who they are in order to continue to serve - we're better than that! If they are allowed to die for our country, they must be allowed to live as themselves.
Pentagon Adds 'Sexual Orientation' To Military's Anti-Discrimination Policy
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced Tuesday that the Pentagon has added "sexual orientation" as a protected class under its Milita...
Top Medical Group: 'No Medically Valid Reason' To Block Transgender Individuals From Military Service
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WASHINGTON -- The American Medical Association gave its unanimous approval to a resolution Monday that concludes there is "no medically valid reason t...
Air Force Loosens Its Policy Banning Transgender Troops
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Air Force announced Thursday that it is making it a little easier for transgender airmen to stay in their posts, despite the mi...
Banned From Serving Openly, Transgender Veteran To Attend Pentagon Event In Uniform
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WASHINGTON -- When the Pentagon holds its Pride Month event next week honoring gay and lesbian service members, Sheri Swokowski will be there to make ...
Transgender Troops In Other Nations Are Proof That Inclusive Militaries Work
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WASHINGTON -- Cpl. Natalie Murray has been a member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 27 years. She is a radar technician, and she has been deployed as...
After Marriage Equality, Are Transgender People 'Going To Be Left In The Lurch'?
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Now that President Obama has signed an executive order banning workplace discrimination against LGBT people among federal contractors, transgender act...
Transgender Navy Sailor Who Was Discharged Gets Frank In Our Exclusive Interview
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Landon Wilson was serving as a Dominance Warfare Specialist in the U.S. Navy, stationed in Afghanistan, when his life was turned upside down one day l...
A Look Back At Some Of The Week's Biggest LGBT News Stories
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Each week HuffPost Gay Voices and HuffPost Live will take a look back at some of the biggest queer news stories from the past week. Check back every F...
Human Rights Are (Transgender) Soldier Rights
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While deployed to the Middle East as a white, male officer, I lived and worked as a member of the privileged majority. However, after acknowledging my female identity, I suddenly found myself in one of the most exclusive and marginalized clubs in the U.S.
How Not to Sound Like a Creationist to a Trans Person
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When people say they support transgender people but oppose the specific issues that matter to the transgender community, it makes as much sense as saying you support the gay community, but oppose marriage equality and anti-bullying initiatives.
How LGBT Organizations Can Be Better Transgender Advocates
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As we win marriage equality, the focus of the right wing is shifting to "religious liberty" and anti-transgender legislation. Organizations will have to become more competent with transgender issues while figuring out how to raise money to advocate on the same.
8 Things LGBT People Couldn't Do In 1985 -- And 7 Things They Still Can't Do
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From the days of the Stonewall Riots to the current battle for marriage equality across the United States, the struggle for lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
We're Not Astroturf: Why Open Trans Military Service Is a Worthy Fight
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Last week Professor Dean Spade, a former teaching fellow at Harvard and transgender activist, attacked efforts to raise awareness of the exclusion of transgender people from U.S. military service.
The Risks Of Being Transgender In The U.S. Military
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Bryce Celotto joined HuffPost Live Sept. 6 to discuss being transgender while serving in the U.S. military. "The military is something that was alw...
Transgender Service Must be a Priority
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For transgender Americans, though, full participation in public life still eludes us.Transgender people are now lagging far behind the LGB community in nearly every measurable area. Open service, and the implicit recognition as full citizens it conveys, is our best opportunity to start closing it.
Chelsea Manning Considered Gender Transition For Years
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NEW YORK -- Chelsea Manning's announcement about her gender transition last Thursday seemed to catch many casual observers by surprise. The former Arm...
WATCH: What It Means To Be Transgender In The Military
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A new documentary web series titled "TransMilitary" hit the web this week, attempting to bring visibility to the lived experiences of transgender indi...
Nail Polish Wars: The Truth About Transgender Service
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In 2011 I met a young transgender sailor, Ayden, who was born male but feels she was meant to be a female. Now that she's discharged, I can tell her story. It's a story that paints the landscape of transgender issues in the military, which are alive and well long after the repeal of DADT.
Secret Service: Transgender Military Personnel Sound Off On Being Closeted
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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may have been repealed a year ago, but transgender people are still banned from serving in the military. Tackling the issue is...
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