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Depression, suicide risk high among LGBTQ youth with military parents
Data was collected from nearly 35,000 survey respondents between October and December 2020.
By Jon Simkins
VA to offer gender surgery to transgender vets for the first time
Officials do not know how long the rule making process will take or when surgeries will begin to be scheduled.
Pentagon’s ban on Pride, and nearly all other, flags is staying
After a review, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decided not to grant a June exception for the LGBTQ+ flag.
Bill would protect medical care for transgender dependents of service members
The proposed legislation would ensure that troops with transgender dependents aren't stationed in states where their health care could be restricted.
Army interrogation manual needs revisions to prevent torture, advocates warn
Advocates want an Army interrogation manual's list of prohibited actions expanded to include all of the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation techniques."
By Kyle Rempfer
A safety brief from the desk of Dr. Seuss
A safety brief in the voice of the famed Dr. Seuss.
By Sarah Sicard
Reversing Trump, Pentagon releases new transgender policies
The new department regulations allow transgender people who meet military standards to enlist and serve openly in their self-identified gender, and they will be able to get medically necessary transition-related care authorized by law, said the officials.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Transgender service members passed the test
While the test faced by transgender service members ended with Biden's executive order to return to a policy of inclusiveness, nothing stops a future administration from reversing course again, say the authors of this commentary.
By Bree Fram, Emma Shinn and Blake Dremann
Biden ends Trump ban on transgender service members
Service members are once again allowed to transition to their preferred gender.
Source: Biden to drop Trump’s military transgender ban
The decision comes as Biden plans to turn his attention to equity issues that he believes continue to shadow nearly all aspects of American life.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press