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It’s time to honor all veterans by finally passing federal protections for transgender Americans
For transgender Americans, being out and visible as our authentic selves can be liberating and empowering.
By Alaina Kupec
Alaskan islanders yearn for the Navy to build a Bering Sea base
Pentagon planners are mulling at least one strategic Arctic port for Navy and Coast Guard vessels.
Meet the Fort Meade trans women fighting the military’s ban
Anyone with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or a contract to join and diagnosis prior to April 12 was grandfathered into the military.
By Selene San Felice, (Annapolis, Md.) Capital Gazette
Chelsea Manning back in jail after refusing to testify on WikiLeaks
The 31-year-old can face up to 18 months in jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury.
By Jon Simkins
Op-Ed: Trump’s ‘failed leadership’ led to transgender ban
A Navy veteran sounds off on the Pentagon's transgender ban.
By Alaina Kupec, Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund
Smith says he won’t derail the NDAA over transgender troop ban
Nukes and the transgender ban policy remain NDAA sticking points.
By Joe Gould
Transgender bodybuilder sculpts a new life in the Navy
The sailor had never participated in a bodybuilding competition before. It was all new, much like the past seven years of his life.
By Jon Simkins
Navy petty officer wins transgender bodybuilding contest
Competitors were judged in the categories of lightweight, middleweight, heavyweight and masters, for age 60 and over, according to five disciplines: mass, definition, proportion, symmetry and stage presence.
Why the head of NATO says there’s ‘no guarantee’ that the trans-Atlantic alliance will survive
The bonds between Europe and North America are under strain and there’s no guarantee the trans-Atlantic partnership will survive, the head of NATO warned Thursday.
New Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving
The White House says retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” — those who may require substantial medical treatment — “presents considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality.”
TV ad aims to pressure Trump on transgender military service
Activist groups are turning to television ads, including on President Donald Trump’s go-to network, Fox News, to pressure the White House into allowing transgender people to keep serving in the military.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press