The American Civil Liberties Union is suing President Trump over his decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military. The ACLU made the announcement on Twitter on Monday morning.
When Scott Poll signed up to join Canada’s armed forces in 1989, he couldn’t let it be known he was gay. Why? Because it was illegal in 1989 to be a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender armed forces member. In fact, it was not until 1992 that the rule was changed and LGBTQ members could be, well, straight about their sexuality.
As a lawsuit continues to play out in court, transgender students in the Boyertown Area School District are still allowed to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity after a ruling from a federal judge in Easton, Pennsylvania Friday.
A school in Missouri is the most unfriendly to LGBT people out of hundreds of colleges, according to a survey published this month. The College of the Ozarks, a private Christian school in Point Lookout, Mo., topped the list as the worst for lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual students out of 382 colleges. Valorie Coleman, a public relations director at the school, told the Springfield News-Leader that she does not consider the school hostile to LGBT people, but she acknowledged its strict rules against what she called sexual immorality.
President Trump signed a long-awaited directive on Friday that precludes transgender individuals from joining the military but gives Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wide discretion in determining whether those already in the armed forces can continue to serve. Mr. Mattis’s decisions will be based on several criteria, including military effectiveness and budgetary concerns, a senior White House official said in briefing reporters.
The Waldensian Evangelical Church on Friday became the first Protestant church in Italy to formally offer to “bless” same-sex couples in civil partnerships, a common practice in Protestant churches across Europe. While same-sex couples in the country are not allowed to legally marry in a church, gay and lesbian couples will now be able to mark and celebrate their civil partnerships in a church service – or “blessing” ceremony.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2017 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Military Service by Transgender Individuals
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