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House votes to condemn Trump’s transgender military ban

The House passed a resolution formally condemning the Trump administration’s transgender military ban in a 238-185 vote on Thursday.

Five Republicans joined every Democrat in backing the measure, which was spearheaded by Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.), who serves as the chair of the Equality Caucus’s Transgender Equality Task Force.

The resolution’s passage comes shortly after the administration announced that the requirement for members of the military to serve as the gender they were assigned at birth would be implemented next month, effectively undoing the Obama administration’s policy from June 2016.

View the complete Juliegrace Brufke and Rebecca Kheel on The Hill website here.

Federal judge in D.C. blocks part of Trump’s transgender military ban

The following article by Justin Jouvenal was posted on the Washington Post website October 30, 2017:

Three months after President Trump announced that transgender troops won’t be allowed to serve in the military, a federal judge has blocked enforcement of Trump’s directive. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

A federal judge in Washington blocked the Trump Administration’s proposed transgender military ban, writing in a strongly worded opinion that the policy “does not appear to be supported by any facts.”

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued the preliminary injunction Monday, finding that a group of transgender service members would have a strong chance of prevailing in their lawsuit to have the ban declared unconstitutional. The injunction remains in place until the lawsuit is resolved or a judge lifts it. Continue reading “Federal judge in D.C. blocks part of Trump’s transgender military ban”