President Donald Trump announced in a series of tweets that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the military, and Twitter users are reacting.
Trump wrote in three tweets that the military “must be focused” and “cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”
U.S. Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning called the move, “cowardice.”
so, biggest baddest most $$ military on earth cries about a few trans people but funds the F-35? sounds like cowardice #WeGotThis
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) July 26, 2017
Writer and transgender activist Janet Mock, who transitioned in her teens,...
Trump wrote in three tweets that the military “must be focused” and “cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”
U.S. Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning called the move, “cowardice.”
so, biggest baddest most $$ military on earth cries about a few trans people but funds the F-35? sounds like cowardice #WeGotThis
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) July 26, 2017
Writer and transgender activist Janet Mock, who transitioned in her teens,...
- 7/26/2017
- by Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
The Supreme Court will no longer hear a landmark case on transgender rights, and vacated the lower courts’ previous ruling that transgender students have the right to use the bathroom of their choice, they announced Monday. The decision comes just 12 days after the Trump administration repealed guidelines that gave transgender students greater access to use the bathrooms of their choice.
They elected to dismiss transgender teen Gavin Grimm‘s case against the Gloucester County School District, which argued that the 17-year-old Grimm, who was born female, has the right to use the boys’ bathroom at Gloucester High School in Virginia under Title IX,...
They elected to dismiss transgender teen Gavin Grimm‘s case against the Gloucester County School District, which argued that the 17-year-old Grimm, who was born female, has the right to use the boys’ bathroom at Gloucester High School in Virginia under Title IX,...
- 3/6/2017
- by Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
When the Trump administration chose to rescind guidelines that protected transgender students on Feb. 22, Gavin Grimm was disappointed, but not surprised. Instead, it was just another obstacle standing in the transgender teen’s way as he fights for the right to use the boys’ bathroom at Gloucester High School in Virginia.
“It was very frustrating, but it hasn’t, I don’t think, caused any of us to slow down or give up in any way,” the high school senior tells People.
Grimm first came out as transgender to his accepting parents in April 2014, while he was in a home school program.
“It was very frustrating, but it hasn’t, I don’t think, caused any of us to slow down or give up in any way,” the high school senior tells People.
Grimm first came out as transgender to his accepting parents in April 2014, while he was in a home school program.
- 3/1/2017
- by Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
Gavin Grimm, a teenage boy at the center of a court battle over whether transgender youth may use the school bathroom of their choosing, is moving forward with his case before the Supreme Court.
In an interview with NBC News, the high school student said President Donald Trump‘s action “hurts.”
“It definitely hurts to hear your government saying that you’re not deserving of protections that you should have as a transgender student,” Grimm said.
Guidelines created during the Obama administration let students use the restroom that best matched their gender identity, according to The Washington Post.
Late Thursday,...
In an interview with NBC News, the high school student said President Donald Trump‘s action “hurts.”
“It definitely hurts to hear your government saying that you’re not deserving of protections that you should have as a transgender student,” Grimm said.
Guidelines created during the Obama administration let students use the restroom that best matched their gender identity, according to The Washington Post.
Late Thursday,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
For months, both Democrats and Republicans alike suspected that President Donald Trump would not retain federal protections for transgender students that were put in place by an Obama directive. And on Wednesday, it was official: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the rollback of the directive, though they did say that other federal laws would still offer discrimination protections to Lgbt students.
“The Department of Justice has a duty to enforce the law,” Sessions said in a statement. “The prior guidance documents did not contain sufficient legal analysis or explain how the interpretation was consistent...
“The Department of Justice has a duty to enforce the law,” Sessions said in a statement. “The prior guidance documents did not contain sufficient legal analysis or explain how the interpretation was consistent...
- 2/23/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
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