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Transgender Military News on JRL CHARTS delivers breaking updates, policy shifts, and national insights affecting transgender service members across the U.S. Armed Forces.

From Pentagon rulings and Department of Defense memos to legislative battles and state-level challenges, this tag covers every development shaping LGBTQ representation within military ranks.

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16 04, 2018

Federal Judge Rules Hold on Trump Transgender Troop Ban to Continue

2025-11-27T12:26:27-08:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman of the Western District of Washington states that Transgender People are a "Protected Class" and that the U.S. Military are blocked from enacting the Donald J. Trump ban on Transgender people. “Transgender people have long been forced to live in silence, or to come out [...]

23 03, 2018

White House Announces Policy To Ban Transgenders from Military

2025-11-27T12:21:21-08:00March 23rd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The White House this evening announced a policy to ban most transgender Americans from serving in the US armed services. They made the announcement late in the evening hoping to bury it from the news cycle but fortunately it didn't work! Following Secretary of Defense Mattis' Pentagon policy review ordered [...]

23 03, 2018

Trump Refuses To Tell Judge Consultants on Trans Military Ban

2026-02-07T22:53:52-08:00March 23rd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer After U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman (pictured right), in Washington State gave the Trump administration until 8 p.m. on Thursday March 22, to identify who the parties were that Trump consulted with over his "Transgender Military Ban",  DOJ attorneys have refused to give the names of the consultants and instead, [...]

12 03, 2018

Gay GOP Candidate Peter Boykin, Supports Transgender Ban In Military

2025-11-27T12:21:38-08:00March 12th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Heads are rolling over a gay Republican and former porn model Peter Boykin, who is currently running for the North Carolina state legislature for his comments about transgender people stating that they don’t belong in the military due to the fact that they are “mentally challenged” and might “snap” and [...]

2 03, 2018

New Media Ad Demands Trump Drop His Ban On Transgender Troops

2025-11-27T12:28:01-08:00March 2nd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer While Defense Secretary James Mattis has already indicated that his recommendation to President Trump is to keep Transgender Troops in the Armed services, the Human Rights Campaign as well as other LGBTQ advocacy groups are not taking any chances and have launched a nationwide television ad campaign that started Friday [...]

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