On Veterans Day today we honor all of those who have dedicated their lives to serving our country especially our transgender troops. After President Trump proposed a ban on transgender service members more than two years ago, GLAAD began amplifying the stories of brave transgender service members. We have also been working with filmmakers and cast of the groundbreaking documentary TransMilitary. The film walked away with a coveted Audience Award at South by Southwest, received a Special Recognition Award at the GLAAD Media Awards, and was broadcast on Logo last year.  

You can check out the film today on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Vimeo, iTunes, and Google Play. Learn more about the film and where to watch here.

This feature film debut by Gabriel Silverman, Fiona Dawson, & Jamie Coughlin, TransMilitary follows the Emmy-nominated short film Transgender, at War and in Love. Around 15,500 transgender people serve in the U.S. military (notably the largest transgender employer in the U.S.), where they must conceal their gender identity because military policies ban their service. TransMilitary chronicles the lives of four individuals (Senior Airman Logan Ireland, Corporal Laila Villanueva, Captain Jennifer Peace & First Lieutenant El Cook) defending their country’s freedom while fighting for their own. They put their careers and their families’ livelihoods on the line by coming out as transgender to top brass officials in the Pentagon in hopes of attaining the equal right to serve. The ban was lifted in 2016, but with President Trump reinstating it earlier this year, dedicated transgender Americans are barred from enlisting to serve their country.