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Transgender Tag

It's official: as of 12:00 a.m. January 1, 2018, the U.S. military will be open to transgender recruits—a change in policy that had been set in motion by Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in 2016. Last night, the Department of Justice announced that it would not ask the Supreme Court to stay several injunctions requiring the military to go forward with Carter's plan—at least until a "study" that President Trump ordered is completed.

A federal judge in Washington D.C. ruled Monday afternoon that, beginning January 1, the U.S. military will be required to allow enlistment of openly transgender recruits. The order issued by Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton-appointee on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is embedded at the bottom of this post. She had already ruled on October 30 that the military could not delay implementing this new policy, which had been finalized under the Obama Administration but not fully put into effect.  The government requested that she stay her ruling pending appellate review. She declined to do so Monday.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has shocked a few people since he has decided to send a Department of Justice lawyer to help prosecute the alleged murderer of an Iowa transgender teen. From The New York Times:
“This is just one example of the attorney general’s commitment to enforcing the laws enacted by Congress and to protecting the civil rights of all individuals,” said Devin O’Malley, a spokesman for the Justice Department.

Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie tackles gender reassignment surgery in his latest book, The Golden HouseSatanic Verses earned Rushdie a fatwa from Iran's Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini, and while the left isn't calling for Rushdie to be murdered for his latest heresy, they are decidedly unhappy with the Golden House. In this novel, Rushdie reportedly tackles the left's reckless push for younger and younger children to undergo sex change treatments, even surgery.  He does not approve. Rushdie, it should be noted, was not only anti-Trump during last year's presidential election but a proud #ImWithHer fanatic.