A personal hero of mine, fellow servicemember, and #trans man Logan Ireland is facing what looks like the final step in the White House's efforts to ban #transgender folks from serving in the #USMilitary.
Thousands of Americans serving with honor are about to be treated with disdain.
Meanwhile, Palm Center estimates that it will cost the US 1900% more to kick out trans #servicemembers than to pay for their specific healthcare needs ($1 bn vs $52 mil).
Since returning to office, #Trump has moved quickly to assert control over American #cultural institutions, taking over the John F. #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts & declaring war on Ivy League #universities.
A push to purge references to #diversity & #inclusion led to a page on Jackie Robinson’s life & military career temporarily vanishing from the #Pentagon website. #ArlingtonNationalCemetery web pages highlighting the graves of #Black & #female #ServiceMembers disappeared.
US #Defense Secy [drunk rapist] #PeteHegseth has issued internal instructions to the #Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6, acc/to a memo obtained by Reuters.
#Hegseth's memo illustrates how #Trump's admin intends to swiftly act to remove thousands of transgender #servicemembers after #SCOTUS’ ruling on Tues cleared the way for a #ban to take effect.
#law #military #LGBTQ+ #bigotry
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-start-kicking-out-transgender-troops-next-month-memo-says-2025-05-08/
#Trump #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth ordered a reduction in the number of #military #generals & #admirals per a memo published Mon.
#Hegseth wants a minimum of 20% cut to the number of #FourStar positions across the military's active component & the same for general officers in the #NationalGuard to cut "redundant force structure to optimize & streamline leadership.”
[BS, they want honorable career #ServiceMembers out & ignorant malleable kids in]
#TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/hegseth-cuts-four-star-generals-admirals
#VeteransDay was originally called Armistice Day in the #UnitedStates to mark the end of #WWI. After #WWII & the #KoreanWar, it was renamed, & its scope was expanded to honor all US #military #veterans. Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday in May, specifically honors those who gave their lives for the country.
[but we know what #Trump thinks about military #ServiceMembers & veterans: “suckers & losers”]
#IdiotInChief #idiocracy #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQH1eUKBazgJAqYoHpOVCuU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
#TalbottVTrump — the case regarding US #military #transgender #ServiceMembers — update:
DC US District Court Judge Ana C Reyes during today’s hearing told #DOJ she that she wouldn’t be "gaslit" by them when they claimed that their ban on transgender people in the military isn't actually a "ban."
She pointed to a post by Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth in which he literally called it a ban.
"You're saying one thing in public. You're saying a different thing in court," Reyes said.
Another USgov source is Prologue, the magazine of the National Archives. Their Spring 2008 issue had a piece on Jackie Robinson
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson's Army court-martial during World War II provided a preview of the civil rights movement that would shake postwar America.
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/spring/robinson.html
U.S. Dept of #Defense restores #JackieRobinson story on website, admits it was taken down in #DEIpurge
The #DOD has restored an article on its website honoring Jackie Robinson after having removed it in an effort to #purge "#DEI" (#diversity, #equity & #inclusion) content [at the direction of #Trump & #Hegseth].
#USpol #WhiteSupremacy #racism #military #ServiceMembers #history #BlackHistory #RepresentationMatters #whitewashing
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/u-s-department-of-defense-restores-jackie-robinson-story-on-website-admits-it-was-taken-down-in-dei-purge/
“Since its founding, the #CFPB has returned over $21B directly to #consumers. It’s helped #ServiceMembers who have been ripped off by unscrupulous lenders. It’s helped borrowers whose #StudentLoan servicers treated them unfairly; it’s helped families that have been scammed; & it’s helped thousands of Americans that have been charged extortionate fees by big #banks & other financial services providers,” Sen #ElizabethWarren said during a hearing this week.
Headline: Democrats introduce bill to protect transgender service members
Source: @TheHill
From the article: "A group of Democrats have introduced a bill to protect diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the military following President Trump’s January executive order to dismantle such programming.
"The ‘Equal and Uniform Treatment in the Military Act – or the EQUITY Act – was introduced Monday by Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.), the only Black woman on the House Armed Services Committee."
#Military #ServiceMembers
#Transgender #AcceptanceMatters #Transrights
#TransgenderDiscrimination #GenderAffirmingCare #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus
URL for article because thumbnail is not displaying:
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5162133-democrats-bill-protect-transgender-service-members/
Former Representative #DougCollins, #Trump’s nom to lead the Dept of #Veterans Affairs, was confirmed to the post on Tues w/bipartisan majority. The 77-23 vote indicated that Collins, who DEFENDED Trump during his 1st #impeachment [for Trump’s ties to #Russia, Russian #ElectionInterference, & the “perfect call”] sold many #Democrats [chumps] on his vision, which manages a large #healthcare system for millions of veterans.
#VA #military #ServiceMembers #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/04/us/trump-administration-rfk-jr-gabbard/3da73122-55e2-5677-9f56-022ab732dc74?smid=url-share
'I didn't see a #future': #Trans #veteran #forced to #hide true self for decades under #homophobic #armedforces #ban on #gay #servicemembers.
A new #comicbook tells the #stories of #LGBTQ+ #veterans impacted by the #ban on #homosexuality in the #armedforces. That includes #transgender #fighterpilot #CarolinePaige, who speaks to the #BigIssue about her #story
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #MilitaryService #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/lgbtq-veterans-armed-forces-gay-ban-comic/
#Congress Sends #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct With Dangerous #AntiTransgender #Provision to #President #JoeBiden’s Desk.
#Republican provision targets #dependents of #military #servicemembers and #retirees, #banning essential #healthcare for #transgender #youth
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
#Gay #Democrat is lone #LGBTQ+ #vote in #Congress for #antitrans #national #defense #bill.
#Hypocritical #NewHampshire U.S. Rep. #ChrisPappas #defended his #support for the #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct that strips #transkids of #servicemembers of #GenderAffirmingCare in a #statement to #TheAdvocate.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewHampshire #DemocraticParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://www.advocate.com/politics/chris-pappas-supports-transphobic-bill
#AntiEquality #House #Republican #Leaders Push #Healthcare #Cuts for #Servicemembers’ #Families in #NDAA
New #Amendment seeks to #strip #healthcare from the #Trans #Kids of #ActiveDuty #Servicemembers.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #GenderAffirmingCare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
#Ban on #Trans People's #MilitaryService could cost $18 #Billion, with $1 billion in initial #replacement #costs, according to #SPARTA which represents #Trans #Servicemembers.
#Transgender #people serve with #honor in #TheaterOfOperations worldwide.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MilitaryService #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-ban-could-cost-18-billion-according
During the campaign #Trump took aim at #transgender troops. Trump has previously banned transgender #ServiceMembers & posted a campaign ad on X portraying them as weak, w/the vow that "WE WILL NOT HAVE A WOKE MILITARY!"
Trump has suggested the #US #military could play an important role in many of his policy priorities, from tapping #NationalGuard & possibly active-duty troops to help carry out a #MassDeportation of undocumented #immigrants to even deploying them to address #domestic unrest.
#DOD #policy on #transgender #surgery for #family of #servicemembers #ruled #unconstitutional
The #Pentagon violated the #constitutional #rights of two #transgender #women by denying them #healthinsurance #coverage for #genderaffirmationsurgery #recommended by their #doctors, according to a recent #ruling by a #federalcourt in #Maine.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MilitaryService #Healthcare #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-06/judge-rules-favor-transgender-surgery-15758542.html
The #Trump admin did not include the alleged threat to the #Taliban *leader* in its ofcl comms about the deal the then-president struck in 2020 to bring troops out of #Afghanistan. Taliban spox Zabihullah Mujahid hasn’t responded to Trump’s story….
The AP has reported there was no 1½ year stretch during Trump’s presidency w/o combat deaths among #US #ServiceMembers.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #delusion #derangement #weird #weirdAF
