President Biden’s executive order yesterday ending the ban on transgender people serving in the military is not only a victory for the many trans people in uniform, but also for the children and families they support.
A big thanks to all veterans for your service and the sacrifices you and your families have had to make. For Veteran’s Day and any day, here are some ways the rest of us can support veterans, LGBTQ and not. (Me? I’m making my veteran spouse an especially nice dinner tonight.)
This Memorial Day, may we spare a thought for all those who have given their lives in service to our country, including service members who were LGBTQ.
President Trump’s senseless ban on transgender people in the military went into effect Friday. Here are two recent pieces on transgender servicemembers who are parents and the impact the ban is having on them and their families.
Legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate with bipartisan support to block President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. Now your help is needed to get additional sponsors for these bills and protect the many transgender service members—and their families—serving with honor and bravery.
Army Captain Jennifer Peace will be a guest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at tonight’s State of the Union address. Capt. Peace, an active-duty officer who was profiled in the documentary Transmilitary, is also the parent of three children whom she is raising with her spouse Deborah. Â
Here’s the latest news to warm your heart or boil your blood—either way, it will keep you toasty in the polar vortex!
“She was the breadwinner of the family,” says Deborah Peace of her spouse, Army Captain Jennifer Peace, in the documentary Transmilitary. Service members like Capt. Peace will find it harder to provide for their families, however, if President Trump’s ban on transgender service members goes into effect. With the U.S. Supreme Court today refusing to delay the ban as it works its way through the courts, these parents and their three children—and many others like them—are at risk.
Lots of moving family stories in this roundup, including a family living full time in their RV; a couple who induced lactation so they could both nurse; a trans dad and his spouse who started their family with two known donors, also spouses; stories of infertility and miscarriage, and more–including penguins!
Here’s your feel-good piece for the week: U.S. Navy Commander Penny Glover was recently promoted, and her wife and young daughter helped out at the ceremony. Come see the sweet photos of this dedicated military family!
