This from The Modern Military Association of America: The voice of the LGBTQ military and veteran community:
“Your own actions…do not reflect the action of your words” – A transgender Naval officer had a sharp response to former Secretary Mattis’ recent Wall Street Journal essay. Find out why he found it “well written, true, piercing and full of hypocrisy.”
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Find out why MMAA filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit urging the court to side with the ACLU and green card holders against the Trump-Pence admin’s new discriminatory military enlistment policies.
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The Trump-Pence admin also just targeted some immigrants serving in the military who have children while stationed overseas, saying their children will no longer receive automatic U.S. citizenship.
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The rule change caused widespread confusion and outrage and may also impact LGBTQ military families. Find out more.
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Meet the first Marine seriously injured in the Iraq War — a proud gay man who became one of the most compelling and inspirational champions in the fight to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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Get to know a U.S. Coast Guard Academy faculty member who became a whistleblower, exposing gaps in reporting systems for bullying, harassment, and discrimination.
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ARTICLES:
The Hill: New Trump rule on military families riles LGBT community
Reuters: U.S. officials defend new citizenship rules for some military families
CNN: Citizenship will no longer be automatic for children of some US military members living overseas
Reuters: Trump administration tightens citizenship rules for children of U.S. military abroad
Newsweek: Administration to strip automatic citizenship right from some children of overseas troops
New York Times: Federal Workers’ Children Born Abroad May Not Receive Automatic Citizenship
Washington Blade: Military reports no discharges under trans ban — but advocates have doubts
Washington Post: Discriminating against HIV-positive military members is unproductive for our military
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