GLAD’s Jennifer Levi said: The Trump administration’s cruel obsession with ridding our military of dedicated and capable service members because they happen to be transgender defies reason and cannot survive legal review. NCLR’s Shannon Minter said: Multiple federal courts have recognized that excluding qualified individuals simply because they are transgender is contrary to basic constitutionalContinue reading Supreme Court Allows Challenges to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Continue in Lower Courts
Retired Military Officers and Surgeons General, Vets, 19 States, and Others File Briefs Opposing the Trans Military Ban
Retired Military Officers and Surgeons General, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Service Women’s Action Network, NAACP, the Korematsu Center, Military Historians, National Women’s Law Center, 19 States, and Others Go on Record Opposing Trans Military Ban Washington, D.C.—A wide array of former military leaders, veterans’ and civil rights organizations, women’s groups, military scholars andContinue reading Retired Military Officers and Surgeons General, Vets, 19 States, and Others File Briefs Opposing the Trans Military Ban
NCLR and GLAD Joint Statement on 7 Years Since the End of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
September 20, 2018 WASHINGTON, DC—Today marks seven years since the U.S. Department of Defense ended Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—the military policy that prohibited gay, lesbian, and bisexual servicemembers from open service. National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Legal Director Shannon Minter and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi, the attorneysContinue reading NCLR and GLAD Joint Statement on 7 Years Since the End of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Judge Orders Government to Produce Documents Related to Development of Trans Military Ban Implementation Plan
Judge Orders Government to Produce Documents Related to Development of Trans Military Ban Implementation Plan Washington, D.C.—Federal District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly today issued a ruling ordering the Trump administration to disclose information about its decision to ban otherwise qualified transgender troops from military service in Doe v. Trump, GLAD and NCLR’s case challenging the TrumpContinue reading Judge Orders Government to Produce Documents Related to Development of Trans Military Ban Implementation Plan