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New (Old) Battlegrounds: The Administration’s Targeting of Transgender Rights

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Within the last two months, both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the armed services have followed Trump Administration directives to narrow or eliminate protections for transgender individuals....more

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The Impact of Transgender Executive Order on New York Residents

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On January 20th, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Trust to the Federal Government.” The executive order included provisions for the...more

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D.C. District Court Issues Injunction Against Transgender Military Ban

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As previously reported by these authors, on July 26, 2017, President Trump announced via Twitter that transgender individuals will no longer be permitted to serve in the military. President Trump issued an official memorandum...more

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Transgender Men and Women in the U.S. Military: The Effect of the Presidential Memorandum

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What exactly is the effect of the Presidential Memorandum? Let’s take this step-by-step - To which military services does it apply?...more

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Secretary Mattis to Convene Panel of Experts to Study Transgender Service in the Military – Can He Do That?

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On August 25, 2017, President Trump released a memorandum banning transgender individuals from the military. Following this announcement, Secretary of Defense James Mattis (“Secretary Mattis”) said he would convene a “panel...more

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Why does the military get to discriminate against the transgender community? Is this even legal?

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This question is the most recent culmination of a long line of military-related issues with the LGBT community that far pre-date the Trump Administration. Historically, the military took the position that transgender people...more

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Transgender Men and Women and the U.S. Military

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Assuming that our readers read, watch, or listen to the news, then you already know what is happening. But in case you do not: the Trump administration issued a Presidential Memorandum that forbids transgender individuals...more

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Management Alert – The Current Federal Retrenchment on LGBT Rights

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The first eight months of the new administration signals a retrenchment on the executive branch’s view of legal protections due LGBT individuals, including in employment....more

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Does Transgender Military Ban Signal New Direction of Trump Administration on LGBTQ Rights?

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On July 26, 2017, President Trump announced via Twitter that the military, arguably the country’s largest employer, will no longer allow transgender people to serve, thus breaking from the Obama Administration’s lift of the...more

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