Tag: Gender Issues

In effect, this guidance means that the vast majority of transgender personnel will be able to remain in active service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Why I’m glad Jim Mattis is in charge of transgender service decisions

Tom Rogan · August 24, 2017 7:15 pm

A lawyer for five transgender troops suing President Trump and Mattis said the reported guidance would essentially impose the president's July 26 Twitter announcement of a service ban. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

National Security

Transgender advocates: White House guidance for the military is a ‘purge’

Travis J. Tritten · August 24, 2017 4:20 pm

People with the Human Rights Campaign hold up "equality flags" during an event organized by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., in support of transgender members of the military, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington, after President Donald Trump said he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military "in any capacity," citing "tremendous medical costs and disruption." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

White House’s transgender military ban guidelines give Jim Mattis six months to implement

Naomi Lim · August 24, 2017 1:43 am

Hillary Clinton said her "skin crawled" when President Trump stood behind her as she answered questions during the second presidential debate last year, she reveals in her new book "What Happened." (Rick T. Wilking/Pool via AP)

Hillary Clinton: My ‘skin crawled’ when ‘creep’ Trump followed me during 2016 debate

Melissa Quinn · August 23, 2017 11:42 am

Five transgender service members are seeking in injunction on Trump's ban. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Federal civil rights panel condemns Trump’s military transgender ban

Melissa Quinn · August 18, 2017 8:19 pm

Five transgender troops will soon ask a federal court for an injunction to temporarily halt President Trump from moving forward with any ban on their service, according to an attorney working on the case.

National Security

Transgender troops will seek injunction on Trump ban

Travis J. Tritten · August 17, 2017 2:49 pm

British actress Dame Helen Mirren has ripped Ivanka Trump for being vapid, out-of-touch, and for not living up to her promise to advocate for women's issues as one of her father's most trusted advisers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

British actress Helen Mirren: Ivanka Trump has ‘no substance’

Naomi Lim · August 15, 2017 9:35 pm

Pentagon officials previously said they would await further guidance from the White House before implementing any policy. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

National Security

Jim Mattis hints that not all transgender service members will be banned

Travis J. Tritten · August 14, 2017 11:43 pm

The Google Monoculture

Adam Keiper · August 12, 2017 1:30 pm

‘To hell with science’

Charlie Richards · August 12, 2017 4:01 am

Google just didn't want the bad publicity of having someone with such ideas on their payroll. (iStock by Getty Images)

Fired Google engineer James Damore may have NLRB case

Sean Higgins · August 11, 2017 9:56 pm

James Damore, a Google engineer since 2013, wrote an internal document that went viral last weekend, accusing the company of quashing conservative political opinions and claiming biological differences explain a lack of women in tech and leadership positions.

Fired Google employee: ‘It saddens me to see the company silence open and honest discussion’

Josh Siegel · August 11, 2017 9:10 pm