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Trump Slammed Denouncing Bigotry After Announcing Military Transgender Ban

By |2017-08-22T12:34:04-07:00August 22nd, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer LGBT POLITICS - WASHINGTON, D.C — President Donald Trump is getting major backlash by critics for what many including the military, politicians and constituents over his display of hypocrisy during the president's Monday night address at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. “When we open our hearts to patriotism, there is [...]

Trump:’I’m Doing The Military A Great Favor Banning Transgender Troops

By |2017-08-10T21:07:38-07:00August 10th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Thursday surprised reporters by taking multiple questions for the first time in months. On the agenda, defending his controversial ban on transgender troops serving in the military by doubling down on his twitter from a couple of weeks ago saying "I'm Doing Them [...]

Trump Lays Bombshell, Bans Transgenders from U.S. Military

By |2017-07-26T08:23:38-07:00July 26th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C — After campaigning that he will protect the LGBTQ community during his campaign last year, President Donald J. Trump took a direct attack on the LGBTQ community with his Twitter announcement that he is arbitrarily banning all Transgender personnel from serving in any capacity of the U.S. military [...]

Democrats to Investigate Military Discrimination against LGBTQ Service Members and Veterans

By |2023-09-20T17:18:46-07:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (09-20-23) — Democrats revive an investigation into discrimination committed by the US Military against the LGBTQ service members and veterans. The DNC marked the 12th anniversary of the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on Wednesday by relaunching their efforts into investigating the lasting impacts of military policies that [...]

Pentagon Sued by Lambda Legal Over HIV Ban

By |2022-11-12T13:28:29-08:00November 12th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (11-12-22) — LGBT advocacy group Lambda Legal, files lawsuit against the Pentagon over its ban on HIV recruits.  The LGBT advocacy group behind the lawsuit argues that the virus is no longer the threat it was in the 1990s. Lambda Legal has sued the US Department of Defense and the US Army [...]

Senate Makes History Confirming Two LGBT Women to Top Military Positions

By |2021-07-26T19:36:35-07:00July 26th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (07-26-21) — The U.S. Senate made history on Monday confirming two LGBTQ women to top military positions. Gina Ortiz Jones will serve as undersecretary of the Air Force — the first openly known lesbian to serve as undersecretary of a military branch. The second is Shawn Skelly who will serve as assistant [...]

U.S. Army Investigating Texas Chaplain over Anti-Transgender Soldier Comments

By |2021-01-29T03:44:04-08:00January 29th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (01-29-21) — Army officials have announced they are investigating a Texas chaplain after reports that he made disparaging remarks against transgender soldiers in a social media post. Maj. Andrew Calvert, a chaplain with the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade in Fort Hood, wrote on the Army Times’ Facebook page on Monday that [...]

Marine Convicted of killing Transgender Woman Deported from Philippines

By |2020-09-14T00:37:55-07:00September 14th, 2020|Categories: Transgender News|Tags: , , , , , , |

LAS VEGAS — (09-14-20) — A U.S. Marine convicted of killing transgender woman Jennifer Laude in 2014 in the Philippines, has been deported after he was pardoned by President Rodrigo Duterte., who is known for being anti-LGBTQ. You read that correctly, President Rodrigo Duterte pardoned  convicted killer Pemberton who murdered Jennifer Laude in 2014 simply [...]

Five States Allow Transgender Troops to Serve in National Guard Despite Trump Ban

By |2019-04-25T13:10:42-07:00April 25th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

RENO, NV — (04-25-19) — Nevada has joined California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington state in allowing Transgender troops to serve in their states National Guard.  All five states are doing so in defiance of  Trump's ban on Transgenders serving in the military. The Trump Transgender military ban went into effect on April 12. National [...]

Cuomo Bans Conversion Therapy, Signs GENDA Protections Law

By |2019-01-26T09:48:45-08:00January 26th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

NEW YORK — (01-26-19) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed two bills, a Transgender Rights Bill known as GENDA and a bill which bans the controversial conversion therapy on children. The conversion therapy ban and the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), adds gender expression and identity as protected classes in New York state's human [...]

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