Trump’s Transgender War Blazes On
The military ban, Alicia’s rape, and much more
The news for LGBTQ people just keeps getting worse.
Our rights to live as free and equal citizens erode further and further every day. President Trump’s controversial transgender military policy goes into effect today, 12 April, 2019.
According to the nonpartisan Palm Center, an independent military-research institute,
The policy is insidious in operation but designed to be as comprehensive a ban as possible… In that sense, it is a perfect parallel to the failed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, also sold as not being a ban although designed to systemically push gay people out of military service — or at least keep them silent and invisible.
NBC News questioned Trump last October about campaign promises to protect transgender people — in light of this ban and news about his Administration working to eliminate transgender protections under federal civil rights law.
