End on ban for trans troops in U.S. military

[Audrey]

Executive order signed by President Biden today ending the ban on transgender service members in the U.S. military that had been imposed by the previous administration:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/biden-transgender-ban-military.html

 

Love,

~Audrey.

[Audrey]

Sorry for the double post. Forum performance has been very sluggish today, I got a timeout error but the topic posted anyway. Any mod/admin can delete the extra thread. Thanks!

 

Love,

~Audrey.

[Carolyn Marie]

1 hour ago, Audrey said:

Sorry for the double post. Forum performance has been very sluggish today, I got a timeout error but the topic posted anyway. Any mod/admin can delete the extra thread. Thanks!

 

Love,

~Audrey.

No worries, Audrey.  Happens to all of us.

 

Even though it was expected, this news really makes my day and brings a smile to my face.  It was one of Trump's very first discriminatory acts, along with the Muslim travel ban, and set the stage for what was to come.  Those on the right will scream and shout, but I hope that Congress will make this permanent so no other President can undo it.

 

Best wishes to our sisters and brothers in the military, and those who wish to be.

 

Carolyn Marie

[Jackie C.]

Duplicate thread removed. I picked the one that didn't have posts stuck to it.

 

Also, yay! My brothers sisters and xisters can serve if they so choose!

 

Hugs!

[Mx.Drago]

Hurray! Now we just need a law, so no other prudes can do the same again. 

[Jackie C.]

A very good point. These progressive executive orders need to become laws so the next regressive chucklehead doesn't spend his first week unraveling all the good things.

 

Hugs!

[Mx.Drago]

I'm right now holding my breath dear Chuck doesn't drop the ball, and instead drops the filibuster rules(tears them up and sets them ablaze), so we have less noise and more fixing. Those simple rules and guidelines can always be put back later but for now we don't need the filibuster rules.

[Jackie C.]

More importantly, I want it to be writ in the clouds whenever one of the bozos in congress votes against the well-being and interests of the people they are supposed to be representing and/or popular bills.

 

Hugs!

[Mx.Drago]

A good number of those bozos need to be locked away and be banned from serving in office again for treason. Both my grandfather's served, and one served during WW2 and fought against actually Nazis. So I'm beyond dumbstruck and fed up with this nonsense. 

[Jackie C.]

1 hour ago, Mx.Drago said:

Both my grandfather's served

 

Oh hey, mine too. My paternal grandfather was Navy, my maternal grandfather was army. I completely get it, I am not wired to process the whole "fascism = good!" mindset these people are spewing. Everyone involved in the coup needs to be stripped of their office and jailed for a very, very long time.

 

Hugs!

[Mx.Drago]

My maternal grandfather was a 1st lieutenant then demoted to 2nd after he refused orders to charge out of the fox hole he got stuck in for two weeks in the Ardennes region. Sadly, he died before I was born. My paternal grandfather, who just died last year, had the less exciting job as a communications officer stationed in Egypt during Desert Storm. ?He always had the most "interesting" stories about the locals. Who knew the Wars would never truly be finished and still we be in a pissing match over things that should have been made blatantly clear and finished. Makes my head hurt and stomach turn.

[MirandaB]

8 hours ago, Mx.Drago said:

I'm right now holding my breath dear Chuck doesn't drop the ball, and instead drops the filibuster rules(tears them up and sets them ablaze), so we have less noise and more fixing. Those simple rules and guidelines can always be put back later but for now we don't need the filibuster rules.

We knew Joe Manchin (WV) would be a hard sell on this,  but then Krysten Sinema (AZ) says she wants to keep the filibuster and won't even consider changing her mind. 

[Mx.Drago]

10 hours ago, RhondaS said:

We knew Joe Manchin (WV) would be a hard sell on this,  but then Krysten Sinema (AZ) says she wants to keep the filibuster and won't even consider changing her mind. 

?I saw the report yesterday bout an hour after I posted...So many words...none good or safe to post, just lines of really foul vemon pouring out.

[MiraM]

I'm waiting for the day that he pushes for the VA to revise it's position on surgeries for Transgender Veterans.  I doubt it will ever happen though.

[KayC]

On 1/26/2021 at 2:25 AM, Jackie C. said:

regressive chucklehead

Love that, Jackie!  I'm gonna steal that❣️?