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23 06, 2021

Gay Congressman Mark Takano Slams U.S. Military Over LGBTQ Treatment

By JRL Charts|2026-02-07T22:52:15-08:00June 23rd, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Defense Department News, Gay Congressman Mark Takano, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans, Military LGBT politics 2021, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-23-21) — Gay Congressman Mark Takano Slammed U.S. Military on Tuesday over the treatment of LGBTQ Service Members and Veterans. According to Congressman Mark Takano, for decades LGBTQ servicemembers have faced intense discrimination in the military. He introduced the Commission on LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act to study this inequity and make [...]

25 01, 2021

Transgender Military Ban Lifted by President Biden while New Poll Shows Approval Rating of 63 Percent

By JRL Charts|2026-02-07T22:52:25-08:00January 25th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Biden Repeals Transgender Military Ban, Defense Department News, JRL CHARTS Exclusives, lgbt politics, president Joe Biden, transgender military news|

WASHINGTON D.C — (01-25-21) — President Joe Biden fulfilled another campaign promise by repealing the Transgender Ban on military service that was instituted by former president Trump. Not only is president Biden correcting wrongs instituted by the former president, he is also enjoying a healthy approval rating of 63 percent, according to a new poll [...]

24 01, 2021

Biden Administration Announce Repeal of Transgender Military Ban

By JRL Charts|2026-02-07T22:52:34-08:00January 24th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Access & Advocacy, Defense Department News, Gender‑Affirming Care: Latest Policies, Joe Biden, JRL CHARTS Exclusives, lgbt politics, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, LGBTQ rights, transgender military news|

WASHINGTON D.C — (01-24-21) — President Biden is expected to repeal the ban on transgender Americans from serving in the military on Monday. The news broke Sunday evening from the Biden administration to news media outlets that the president is keeping another campaign promise by reversing the ban on transgenders serving in the military. Watch [...]

15 05, 2020

Navy grants Waiver under Trump’s transgender military ban

By JRL Charts|2026-02-07T22:52:44-08:00May 15th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Defense Department News, Donald Trump, GLADD, Jennifer Levi attorney, JRL CHARTS Exclusives, lgbt politics, National Center for Lesbian Rights, transgender military news, U.S. Navy transgender waiver|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (05-15-20) — The U.S. Navy grants its first-ever waiver under President Trump’s transgender military ban to an individual who sued to remain in the Navy. The waiver was granted to "Jane Doe" in the case against the transgender military ban filed back in March by the National Center for Lesbian Rights and [...]

6 01, 2019

U.S. Court of Appeals Green Lights Transgender Military Ban

By JRL Charts|2026-02-07T22:53:02-08:00January 6th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: anti-LGBTQ, Defense Department News, lgbt politics, pentagon ban on Transgenders, Transgender military ban, transgender military news, Trump administration, U.S court of appeals, U.S Supreme Court|

WASHINGTON, D.C (01-06-19) — The U.S. Court of Appeals gave the Trump administration a victory on Friday, ruling in favor of Trump's Transgender Military Ban. The court to the position of the pentagon saying that they have the right to induct a policy of restricting military service by transgender people. The three-judge panel of the [...]

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