Share Tweet Email Politics Share: Share Tweet Email EMBED <> More Videos <iframe width="476" height="267" src="https://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=5258431" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The U.S. Naval Academy will ban people who are transgender from attending the school, beginning with the 2020 school year. Share: Share Tweet Email ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The elite academies that educate officers for the nation's armed forces have begun to implement the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members. The U.S. Naval Academy will ban people who are transgender from attending the school, beginning with the 2020 school year. The Defense Department confirmed that change to the Capital Gazette newspaper on Monday. The school in Annapolis, Maryland, currently accepts transgender students and retains midshipmen who transition to another gender. The administration's new policy took … [Read more...] about Military academies begin to follow military transgender ban in 2020
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Military academies begin to follow Trump administration’s military transgender ban
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The elite academies that educate officers for the nation’s armed forces have begun to implement the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members. The U.S. Naval Academy will ban people who are transgender from attending the school, beginning with the 2020 school year. The Defense Department confirmed that change to the Capital Gazette newspaper on Monday. The school in Annapolis, Maryland, currently accepts transgender students and retains midshipmen who transition to another gender. The administration’s new policy took effect last week, stripping transgender troops of rights to serve openly and denying servicemen and women medical care if they choose to transition to another gender. The Obama administration had lifted restrictions on transgender service members in 2016, allowing them to serve openly, and covered gender affirmation surgery. A current Naval Academy student, Midshipman Regan Kibby, is one of six service members suing … [Read more...] about Military academies begin to follow Trump administration’s military transgender ban
Military Academies Begin to Follow Military Transgender Ban
The elite academies that educate officers for the nation's armed forces have begun to implement the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members. The U.S. Naval Academy will ban people who are transgender from attending the school, beginning with the 2020 school year. The Defense Department confirmed that change to the Capital Gazette newspaper on Monday. The school in Annapolis, Maryland, currently accepts transgender students and retains midshipmen who transition to another gender. The administration's new policy took effect last week, stripping transgender troops of rights to serve openly and denying servicemen and women medical care if they choose to transition to another gender. The Obama administration had lifted restrictions on transgender service members in 2016, allowing them to serve openly, and covered gender affirmation surgery. Some former and current White House staffers who cooperated with Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling and … [Read more...] about Military Academies Begin to Follow Military Transgender Ban
India’s ‘Operation Isolation’ and the soft power of sports
By Rida Ahmed Published: April 6, 2019 0 SHARES Share Tweet Email Sports can be used to advocate for peace, but they have also been used to aggravate existing conflicts. PHOTO: REUTERS “Our message is stronger than ever. Please stop the fighting. Please stop the killing. Please drop your guns.” Juan Antonio Samaranch, President International Olympic Committee speaking at the Winter Olympics, 1994. The sports arena has often been used in modern-day diplomacy to advocate for peace, but it has also been used to aggravate existing conflict. George Orwell wrote in The Sporting Spirit (1945) that sports is “war, minus the shooting” and has the potential to bring out the worst characteristics of nationalism. How that is controlled, or even amplified, is in the hands of those who hold the political controls. In the days following the Pulwama incident, tensions once again began to escalate between Pakistan and India. While India’s … [Read more...] about India’s ‘Operation Isolation’ and the soft power of sports
Class Notes: Registration for kindergarten, pre-K in Hamilton County now open
Registration for kindergarten, pre-K in Hamilton County now open Registration for new kindergarten students for Hamilton County Schools for the 2019-20 school year begins Monday, April 1. Registration for pre-K in Hamilton County also begins next week. Applications will be accepted at local schools that offer pre-K classes on April 3. Once parents have registered online, schools will contact parents to set-up a day and time to bring necessary documentation to the school to complete the registration. This documentation includes: a certified copy of the child's birth certificate, a Tennessee School Immunization Certificate, a photo ID of the parent or legal custodian of the child and/or proof of court-ordered custody of a child living with a divorced parent, custodian or guardian as well as two separate proofs of residency. A child must be five years old on or before Aug. 15, 2019. to attend kindergarten this fall. Those who do not have internet access can visit the district's central … [Read more...] about Class Notes: Registration for kindergarten, pre-K in Hamilton County now open