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VIDEO – A Turning Point for Trans Rights: President Biden’s Order Lifting the Trans Military Ban

by NCLR | Jan 27, 2021 | Uncategorized | transgender military ban, Events, transgender, Transgender employment discrimination

Watch Legal Director of NCLR Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights Project Director of GLAD Jennifer Levi, and plaintiffs Nicolas Talbott and Blaire McIntyre as they discuss the impacts of President Biden’s lifting of the transgender military ban and how it marks a turning point for transgender rights. Blaire McIntyre (plaintiff, McIntyre v. Whitmer) is a Specialist in the Michigan Army National Guard and previously served in the active-duty Army 101st Airborne Division. She currently works...

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A Turning Point for Trans Rights: President Biden’s Order Lifting the Trans Military Ban

by Christopher Vasquez | Jan 27, 2021 | transgender military ban, Events, transgender, Transgender employment discrimination

Moderated by: Imani Rupert-Gordon, NCLR Executive DirectorShannon Minter, NCLR Legal DirectorSpecial Guests: Blaire McIntyre, Plaintiff, McIntyre v. WhitmanNicolas Talbott, Plaintiff, Stockman v. TrumpJennifer L. Levi, Esq., GLTBQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Transgender Rights Project Director Join Legal Director of NCLR Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights Project Director of GLAD Jennifer Levi, and plaintiffs Nicolas Talbott and Blaire McIntyre as they discuss the impacts of...

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Supreme Court Allows Challenges to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Continue in Lower Courts

by NCLR Staff | Jan 22, 2019 | Doe v. Trump, Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2019 Contacts: Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Shannon Minter, NCLR sminter@nclrights.org / (415) 624-6071 Samuel Garrett-Pate, Equality California sam@eqca.org / (973) 476-3770 Supreme Court Allows Challenges...

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Trans Military Ban Still Blocked Despite New Decision Dissolving One of Four Nationwide Preliminary Injunctions

by NCLR Staff | Jan 4, 2019 | Doe v. Trump, Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban, preliminary injunction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2019 Contacts: Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Remains Blocked Despite New Decision Dissolving One of Four Nationwide Preliminary Injunctions Decision is “a devastating slap in the face to transgender service...

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Trans Military Ban Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Deny the Trump Administration’s Premature Request for Review

by NCLR Staff | Dec 24, 2018 | Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban, trans military ban, Equality California, rick zbur, NCLR, National Center for LGBTQ Rights, GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 24, 2018 Contacts: Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Samuel Garrett-Pate, Equality California sam@eqca.org / (973) 476-3770 Transgender Military Ban Plaintiffs Ask the Supreme Court to Deny the Trump Administration’s...

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Transgender Military Ban Plaintiffs Argue in DC Circuit Court of Appeals Today to Keep Preliminary Injunction

by NCLR Staff | Dec 10, 2018 | Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban, Trump

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2018 Contacts: Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Transgender Military Ban Plaintiffs Argue in DC Circuit Court of Appeals Today to Keep Preliminary Injunction Washington, DC—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral...

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene Now and Allow Implementation of His Trans Military Ban

by NCLR Staff | Nov 23, 2018 | Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban, Trump, trans military ban, Equality California, rick zbur, Trump-Pence, NCLR, National Center for LGBTQ Rights, GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2018 Contacts: Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Samuel Garrett-Pate, Equality California sam@eqca.org / (973) 476-3770 Trump Asks...

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Retired Military Officers and Surgeons General, Vets, 19 States, and Others File Briefs Opposing the Trans Military Ban

by NCLR Staff | Oct 30, 2018 | Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban, trans military ban, amicus briefs, friend of the court briefs, NCLR, National Center for LGBTQ Rights, GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2018 Contacts: Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 Retired Military Officers and Surgeons General, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Service Women’s Action Network, NAACP, the Korematsu Center, Military Historians, National Women’s Law...

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NCLR & GLAD Refute Trump’s Bogus Attempt to Disguise Trump’s Trans Military Ban

by NCLR Staff | Oct 23, 2018 | Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban, trans military ban, NCLR, National Center for LGBTQ Rights, GLAD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2018 Contacts: Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 NCLR and GLAD Refute Trump’s Bogus Attempt to Disguise His Transgender Military Ban Washington, D.C.—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) last...

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7 Years After Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: NCLR and GLAD Joint Statement

by NCLR Staff | Sep 20, 2018 | Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Jennifer Levi, Shannon Minter, transgender military ban, Trump, trans military ban, Trump-Pence, NCLR, National Center for LGBTQ Rights, GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2018 Contacts: Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / (215) 983-3099 Amanda Johnston, GLAD ajohnston@glad.org / (617) 417-7769 NCLR and GLAD, the LGBTQ Legal Organizations Leading the Fight to Stop the Trump-Pence Trans Military Ban, Joint Statement on 7 Years Since the End of Don’t Ask, Don’t...

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