GLAD, NCLR Statements on House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Transgender Military Ban

Attorneys Leading the Legal Fight Against the Ban Applaud Bipartisan Members of Congress for Standing By Transgender Troops Washington, D.C. — GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) released the following statements on today’s hearing on the transgender military ban by the House Armed Services Subcommittee on MilitaryContinue reading GLAD, NCLR Statements on House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Transgender Military Ban

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Protect Transgender Service Members from Trump-Pence Ban

Attorneys at Center of Legal Fight Against the Ban Applaud Congress for Standing by Transgender Troops Washington, D.C. — GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) released the following statements on today’s introduction of legislation in both houses of Congress to protect our military’s transgender service members: “TheContinue reading Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Protect Transgender Service Members from Trump-Pence Ban

Supreme Court Allows Challenges to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Continue in Lower Courts

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

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Remains Blocked Despite New Decision Dissolving One of Four Nationwide Preliminary Injunctions

Decision is “a devastating slap in the face to transgender service members who have proved their fitness to serve and their dedication to this country”; plaintiffs vow to continue to fight Washington, DC—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today ruled against transgender service members, lifting the district court’s order preventingContinue reading Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Remains Blocked Despite New Decision Dissolving One of Four Nationwide Preliminary Injunctions