The scene: Transgender vet to attend SOTU as Kennedy guest

Scenes from the Capitol on a night of pomp, pageantry and politics for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address: Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King, the first person to have sex reassignment surgery paid for by the military, is attending the State of the Union address.

Here’s Why Lawmakers Are Backing Off Transgender Bathroom Bills In 2018

Lawmakers, especially those in the South, are backing away from legislative efforts to impose transgender bathroom bills in schools, businesses and elsewhere in an effort to focus resources and energy on less contentious issues. Few social bills, including transgender bathroom bills, have been introduced in states so far in 2018 and those that have been pending have seen little movement.

TLC Condemns Illegal HHS Rule Granting ‘License to Discriminate’

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump-Pence administration announced a new rule to allow medical providers to illegally discriminate against patients based on who they are, as long as the providers cite religion. Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following statement from executive director Kris Hayashi: "This extreme new HHS rule will quite possibly cost lives by giving medical providers cover not to treat people they disagree with, no matter how life-threatening or urgent the medical need.

.com | Whistleblower Chelsea Manning seeks US Senate seat

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking classified information, is seeking election to the US Senate in the state of Maryland, a document seen on Saturday says. Manning has now gone from prison to US senatorial candidate in less than a year during which she often made headlines, as the fame and infamy she gained by leaking a trove of classified documents follows her after release.

News 14 Mins Ago Chelsea Manning files for Us Senate bid in Maryland

Chelsea Manning intends to run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, returning the transgender former soldier to the spotlight after her conviction for leaking classified documents and her early release from military prison. Manning, 30, filed her statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday, listing an apartment in North Bethesda as her address.

Judge refuses to order school to suspend transgender policy

A federal judge in Chicago won't force a suburban school district to suspend a policy that enables transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice, concluding in a new ruling that decades-old anti-discrimination statutes extend to students whose gender identity isn't conventional. U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso's refusal late Friday to impose a preliminary injunction is a legal blow for more than 50 families who sued in hopes of getting the Township High School District 211 in Palatine, just northwest of Chicago, to end the policy for good.

Transgender Americans Finally Set to Enlist in Military

When military recruiting stations open Tuesday after the holiday, it will mark a major moment for transgender Americans waiting to enlist. The enlistment policy announced by former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in 2016 is moving forward, officially effective on January 1. Although the Obama administration had allowed service members to come out as transgender without being discharged, Tuesday will mark the first time any transgender American is authorized to openly enlist.

Trump administration ends fight to stop military from accepting openly transgender troops on Jan. 1

"A few strokes of the legal quill may easily alter the law, but the stigma of being seen as less-than is not so easily erased." Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at one of his golf courses, on Friday.

US military to accept transgender recruits from Jan 1

Washington, Dec 30 : The Pentagon has said it will begin accepting transgender military recruits on Monday, after President Donald Trump's administration decided not to appeal a court order blocking his ban. The Department of Justice announced on Friday it would delay challenging the stay on President Trump's transgender ban before the Supreme Court, the Hill magazine reported.

US military to accept transgender recruits

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Hundreds of volunteers have been on the phones at an Air Force base in Colorado, answering questions from eager kids who want to know where Santa is on his storybook Christmas Eve travels. Hundreds of volunteers have been on the phones at an Air Force base in Colorado, answering questions from eager kids who want to know where Santa is on his storybook Christmas Eve travels.

15 arrested in connection with Egypt’s church attack

Hundreds of volunteers have been on the phones at an Air Force base in Colorado, answering questions from eager kids who want to know where Santa is on his storybook Christmas Eve travels. Hundreds of volunteers have been on the phones at an Air Force base in Colorado, answering questions from eager kids who want to know where Santa is on his storybook Christmas Eve travels.

DC appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban

The White House has lost another attempt to put a hold on a requirement that it allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting on Jan. 1. A decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the latest court decision to go against the White House, meaning the issue may end up before the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump tweeted in July that the federal government "will not accept or allow" transgender individuals to serve "in any capacity" in the military.

DC appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban Source: AP

The White House has lost another attempt to put a hold on a requirement that it allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting on Jan. 1. A decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the latest court decision to go against the White House, meaning the issue may end up before the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump tweeted in July that the federal government "will not accept or allow" transgender individuals to serve "in any capacity" in the military.

D.C. Circuit Appeals Court Denies Trump Attempt to Delay Trans Enlistment

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected a Trump Administration request to stay District Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order that the military allow qualified transgender people to enlist beginning January 1. On December 11, District Judge Kollar-Kotelly denied the same request. Both the appeals court and Judge Kollar-Kotelly rejected the Administration's argument that the military would not be prepared to accept transgender recruits by January 1-a claim undercut by a Department of Defense memorandum issued December 8 which lays out guidance for processing transgender enlistees.