Administration has committed to remedying harms of anti-LGBTQ military policies
“Transgender medicine is absolutely necessary for transgender and gender diverse people including trans youth"
About 2 million LGBTQ veterans are served by the VA, a number that is expected to “substantially increase in this decade”
The Pentagon has endeavored to address the problem, but advocates say the agency has been too slow to act to address the issue
"The Department of Defense has the responsibility to uplift LGBTQ+ veterans who were previously degraded because of their sexuality"
"The stigma that came from that discriminatory law is something that continues to live with our gay veterans to this day"
As Congress hurtles towards the deadline to pass a new budget, the GOP added anti-trans riders to must-pass bills- some drawing a red line
"Rep. Boebert, just spent 5 minutes misgendering & attacking our Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness—just because she's trans"
This follows a lawsuit filed last month by LGBTQ veterans against the Pentagon for allegedly failing to remedy “ongoing discrimination”
They also want to stem flow of immigrants at the southern border & address the "unprecedented weaponization" of the Justice Dept. & FBI
