{"id":55186,"date":"2017-08-02T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/responding-to-trumps-call-to-ban-transgender-servicemembers\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:45:27","slug":"responding-to-trumps-call-to-ban-transgender-servicemembers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/responding-to-trumps-call-to-ban-transgender-servicemembers\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to Trump&#8217;s Call to Ban Transgender Servicemembers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Responding to Trump&#8217;s Call to Ban Transgender Servicemembers<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RhW4HRjWg9o\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Responding to Trump's Call to Ban Transgender Servicemembers\"><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhW4HRjWg9o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Laila Ireland, a proud transgender veteran and spouse of an active duty transgender serviceman, joins HRC&#8217;s Stephen Peters, a former Marine discharged under the discriminatory DADT policy to discuss Trump&#8217;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> for a transgender military ban. Trump&#8217;s actions would harm the readiness, morale, retention, and recruitment of our forces at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Responding to Trump&#039;s Call to Ban Transgender Servicemembers\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhW4HRjWg9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to Trump&#8217;s Call to Ban Transgender Servicemembers Laila Ireland, a proud transgender veteran and spouse of an active duty transgender serviceman, joins HRC&#8217;s Stephen Peters, a former Marine discharged under the discriminatory DADT policy to discuss Trump&#8217;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> for a transgender military ban. 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