(WB) It took the threat of nuclear war with North Korea to reportedly get the White House to put a hold on the policy re-instituting the ban on open transgender service in the military.

(WB) Transgender military service members sent a message to President Donald Trump when they walked the VMA red carpet on Sunday.

(AP) The Justice Department has made clear its proposed ban on transgender military recruits is on hold, meaning their enlistment can start Monday.

(WB) The Trump administration has come out against an amendment proposed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) that would undermine President Trump’s ban on transgender people in the U.S. armed forces.

 “The United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” President Trump announced in a series of tweets this morning. 

(WB) Now that President Trump has officially directed the Pentagon to enact a ban on transgender military service, a coalition of LGBT groups on Monday filed two separate lawsuits against him over the policy.

(WM) Two lesbian couples tied the knot in a mass wedding held by Taiwan’s military Oct. 30 in a historic celebration with their peers.

(CNN) -- One of the six people killed in Monday's suicide bombing in Afghanistan was an airman who reportedly told his family he had deployed to Saudi Arabia. Apparently he didn't want them to worry about his safety.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. Navy veteran can be buried with the ashes of her late partner in a southwest Idaho military cemetery after the state legalized gay marriage.

House Republicans were up to their old tricks, proposing an overinflated defense spending bill last week while failing to ensure protections for society’s most vulnerable.