On Thursday, Pentagon ended the ban that had been imposed on openly transgender people for serving in the military, which formally removed the risk to about thousands of US troops who could have been thrown out of the armed service because of their gender identity. This repeal brings about the […]
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LGBT Rights Measure Voted Down by Lawmakers
On Thursday, in the U.S. House of Representatives, shouts of ‘Shame, shame, shame’ erupted when legislation designed for the protection of civil rights of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual employees of government contractors was narrowly defeated by Republican lawmakers. Sean Maloney, the New York Democrat had introduced a veterans and […]