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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed each year on February 7, to increase HIV education, testing, treatment, and involvement in African-American communities.
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week takes place the week following Valentine’s Day. Aromantics are people who do not experience romantic attraction. During the week, LGBTQ groups worldwide hold events to raise awareness of aromanticism and show support for people on the aromantic spectrum. …
International Transgender Day of Visibility, held each year on March 31, is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. Transgender activist Rachel Crandall founded the event in 2009.
The Pentagon on Wednesday reversed Trump-era transgender policies to restore those that prohibit the military from discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
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The new rules also prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.
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WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Wednesday swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and assistance with gender transition.
The new department regulations allow transgender people who meet military standards to enlist and serve openly in their self-identified gender, and they will be able to get medically necessary transition-related care authorized by law, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters during a briefing.
The changes come after a two-month Pentagon review aimed at developing guidelines for the new policy, which was announced by President Joe Biden just days after he took office in January.
Temperatures dropped. The National Weather Service s Quad Cities Office warned of 35 mph wind gusts. And yet despite the conditions, dozens of eastern Iowans raised trans and nonbinary flags at the Pentacrest in downtown Iowa City Wednesday to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility. We are trying to let people know that trans people are Iowans, said Aiden Bettine, an organizer of Wednesday s rally and the director of the LGBTQ Iowa Archives & Library.
The day recognizes and celebrates transgender people in Iowa and around the world, bringing awareness to the reality of discrimination and violence that can result from increased visibility and calls for acceptance and access.