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Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced its plans to reverse the
discriminatory ban on transgender military service.

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[[link removed]]Hello friend,

We are less than a week into a Biden presidency, and I am delighted to share
that we have even more news to celebrate. Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced its plans to reverse the
discriminatory ban on transgender military service.
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For years, brave transgender patriots were blocked from service simply because
of who they are. With thousands of transgender members of the U.S. military, the
Department of Defense (DOD) is also the largest employer of transgender people
in America. This ban has inexcusably harmed the transgender community, while
significantly impacting our military readiness and our transgender service
members risking their lives around the world – sometimes in combat zones.

But today, thanks to President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and
pro-equality voters across America, the process begins to eliminate an arbitrary
and discriminatory executive action that has not only harmed transgender service
members but our entire military. Soon enough, our military will again value
readiness over bias, and qualifications over discrimination.

We want to thank President Biden and his administration for reversing this
discriminatory ban and thank the over fifteen thousand transgender service
members who continued to serve under this discriminatory ban. Add your name now!
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We have been fighting this ban since President Trump first tweeted it in 2017.
Thousands of members and supporters like you took action as we put the previous
administration on notice about their blatant discrimination in full-page
newspaper ads, digital campaigns, our calls to Congress and so much more. The
Human Rights Campaign even joined transgender service members in suing the
previous administration with representation by attorneys at Lambda Legal and
Modern Military Association of America.

Days like today are why we fought so hard this past election, friend. And, as we saw last week with President Biden’s substantive LGBTQ executive order implementing the Supreme Court’s Bostock v. Clayton
County ruling
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equality.

Because of your hard work and steadfast commitment to equality, the Human Rights
Campaign is working alongside this administration to right years of injustices
from the previous occupants of the White House. We are also working tirelessly
with Congress and on the state and local levels to deliver real change in the
lives of LGBTQ people nationwide.

Victories like today’s are only possible with you by our side. Thank you for all
you do.

I promise you that we will continue this work, as outlined in our Blueprint for Positive Change 2020
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recommendations, reaching across the federal government. In the weeks and months
ahead, we are expecting even more incredible progress, and I do not want you to
miss a minute of it. Text 100DAYS to 472472 today and we will keep you updated on the
administration’s LGBTQ work.*

In Unity,


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[[link removed]]Alphonso David
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Human Rights Campaign
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