Meet the Trans Troops the Trump Administration Is Barring
Officers and enlisted. Combat veterans and recent recruits. Transgender service members say their military experience has looked nothing like the portrayal of them in the political arena.
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Number of Trans Troops Far Lower Than Estimated, Pentagon Figures Show
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FIA officials barred from meeting over NDA refusal
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Trump Clashes With Maine’s Governor, Janet Mills, Over Trans Athletes
President Trump asked Gov. Janet Mills if her state would comply with the executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. He didn’t like her answer.The New York Times - 6d -
Trans athletes on Trump’s executive order: ‘Stripping us of sports is devastating’
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'See you in court': Trump and Maine governor clash over trans athlete order
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Hunter Schafer reveals new passport misgenders her: Trump's anti-trans orders 'not just talk'
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Trump holds first cabinet meeting
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Kremlin disputes Trump claim Russia would accept Nato peacekeeping troops in Ukraine – live
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