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In 2012, [[Kylar Broadus]], founder of the [[Trans People of Color Coalition]] of Columbia, Missouri, spoke to the Senate in favor of the [[Employment Non-Discrimination Act]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Roberts |first=Monica |url=http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/06/kylars-us-senate-hearing-testimony.html |title=TransGriot: Kylar's US Senate ENDA Hearing Testimony |publisher=Transgriot.blogspot.com |date=June 12, 2012 |accessdate=August 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name="advocate.com">{{cite web|last=Bolcer |first=Julie |url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/2012/06/12/senate-hearing-hope-jumpstart-enda |title=With Senate Hearing, Hope for a Jumpstart on ENDA |publisher=Advocate.com |date=June 12, 2012 |accessdate=August 4, 2012}}</ref> His speech was the first-ever Senate testimony from an openly transgender witness.<ref name="advocate.com"/>
It was announced on June 30, 2016 that, beginning on that date, otherwise qualified United States service members could no longer be discharged, denied reenlistment, involuntarily separated, or denied continuation of service because of being transgender.<ref name=transgenderend/> However, on July 26, 2017, President [[Donald Trump]] announced that transgender individuals would not be allowed to "serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military." <ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/26/trump-announces-ban-on-transgender-people-in-u-s-military/|accessdate=26 July 2017|work=Washington Post}}</ref> Then on October 4 of that year, the Civil Division of the Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint in ''Jane Doe v. Trump'' (about the new policy) and to oppose the application for a preliminary injunction, arguing instead "that challenge is premature several times over" and that Secretary Mattis's Interim Guidance, issued on September 14, 2017, protected currently-serving transgender personnel from involuntary discharge or denial of reenlistment.<ref name="documentcloudcv"/> Judge [[Colleen Kollar-Kotelly]] granted the plaintiffs' preliminary injunction on October 30, 2017.<ref name=NYT-171030>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/military-transgender-ban.html |title=Judge Blocks Trump's Ban on Transgender troops in Military |author=Philipps, Dave |date=30 October 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=31 October 2017}}</ref> In the ruling, Judge Kollar-Kotelly noted the defendants' motion to dismiss the case was "perhaps compelling in the abstract, [but] wither[s] away under scrutiny." The ruling effectively reinstated the policies established prior to President Trump's tweets announcing the reinstatement of the ban, namely the retention and accession policies for transgender personnel effective on June 30, 2017. Beginning on January 1, 2018, openly transgender people (including but not limited to transgender women) were allowed to join the military.<ref name=ABCNews01012018>{{cite news|title=Beginning today, transgender individuals can join the US military|author=McLaughlin, Elizabeth|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/beginning-today-transgender-individuals-join-us-military/story?id=52051204|agency=ABC News|date=1 January 2018|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>
In 2017, the [[Trump administration]], through the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], reversed the Obama-era policy which used [[Title VII of the Civil Rights Act]] to protect transgender employees from discrimination.<ref name="cbsnews.com"/>
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