The Transgender Military Ban with Michele Goodwin

In this episode, Professor Michele Goodwin discusses her Essay, The Transgender Military Ban: Preservation of Discrimination Through Transformation, that she co-authored with Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law. Their Essay contends that the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the military is based on prejudice and bias, lacking any legitimate justification. The Essay identifies several problems with the Trump Administration’s policy to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military, and posits that promoting equality in the military will only occur when the humanity of those who wish to serve and are qualified to serve are permitted to do so with dignity and respect. Read the Essay here: https://northwesternlawreview.org/issues/the-transgender-military-ban-preservation-of-discrimination-through-transformation/