December 19, 2017 By Tara Copp Navy Times Nicolas Talbott is openly transgender. Come Jan. 1, if the courts allow, he will enlist in the U.S. military. The 24-year-old from Ohio has worked with a recruiter since June 2016 to be ready for that moment. It would be historic, but it’s a moment that has also been fiercely fought by President Donald Trump, on the premise that transgender service members would harm military readiness. Whether Talbott will have an [...]

December 18, 2017 By Chris Johnson Washington Blade A recent report in the Washington Post that the Centers for Disease Control is barred from using certain words like “fetus,” “diversity” and “transgender” in budget documents alarmed LGBT and HIV/AIDS health experts, although the agency disputes the characterization of the story. In an article published Friday, the Post quoted an anonymous analyst who took part in a meeting in Atlanta on Thursday as saying CDC was forbidden to use seven [...]