Mikayla Argain squeezes liquid out of a tube of peach-colored foundation onto a makeup sponge and starts brushing it on in front of a small mirror. “This is what my ritual would be when I get home from a day being ‘masculine me’ and working to fix the computer issues …
Read More »Clovis Veteran Helen James Says Military Transgender Ban Means ‘Going Backwards’
Last week, the Supreme Court took a step toward allowing President Donald Trump to ban transgender troops from serving in the military. Trump originally tweeted this policy back in July of 2017, but federal courts stopped the ban in early 2018. With the recent Supreme Court ruling to put lower …
Read More »Transgender Merced veteran reacts to fed court ruling on Trump’s military ban
A federal judge in Washington on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from excluding transgender people from military service. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that transgender service members who … Click to Continue »
Read More »US court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
A federal judge in Washington on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from excluding transgender people from military service. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that transgender service members who … Click to Continue »
Read More »Transgender Veterans Hope Trump Policy Won’t Erase Progress At VA
The future of transgender troops has been in question since President Trump Tweeted that they would no longer be allowed to serve. Transgender veterans are wondering how the president’s pronouncement will impact the ongoing effort to open the Veterans Health Administration to their needs. Navy veteran Kristen Dancer served as …
Read More »Transgender troops: A presidential tweet is not an order
Unmoved by President Donald Trump’s proclamation-by-Twitter, top Pentagon leaders declared on Thursday they’ll allow transgender troops to remain in uniform until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives an authoritative directive to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Understanding what it means to be transgender
Research with MRI scans suggests biological basis for gender differences Hormones, other factors during pregnancy can affect gender identity Not all babies are born with chromosomes that match genitalia … Click to Continue »
Read More »Transgender students would have to use restrooms of their sex at birth, Kansas bills say
Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook of Shawnee says it’s a matter of privacy and safety Tom Witt of Equality Kansas says it would isolate transgender students … Click to Continue »
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