Transgender Military Ban & Equality Act

edit: Read the article Professor Selig shared above! :)


In the news yesterday and today:

Trump's Transgender Military Ban

"Under the new rules, currently serving transgender troops and anyone who has signed an enlistment contract by April 12 may continue with plans for hormone treatments and gender transition if they have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. But after April 12, no one with gender dysphoria who is taking hormones or has transitioned to another gender will be allowed to enlist. And any currently serving troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria after April 12 will have to serve in their birth gender and will be barred from taking hormones or getting transition surgery."
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/new-pentagon-transgender-rule-sets-limits-troops-n982661


Equality Act
In response, the Democrats introduced the Equality Act. This act would would "modify existing civil rights legislation to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, education, federal programs and credit."

A recent poll shows that "majorities of Americans in every religion, party and U.S. state — from 56 percent in Arkansas to 81 percent in New Hampshire — support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people", but the act is still unlikely to pass because of the Republican control of the White House and Senate.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/democrats-reintroduce-equality-act-ban-lgbtq-discrimination-n982771