LGBT rights in the United States

The new policy also seeks to consider an “open” category for transgender athletic competition

The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his policy of banning certain transgender people from the military, reported BBC. 

The court voted 5-4 to grant a Trump administration request to lift injunctions blocking the policy while challenges continue in lower courts.

The four liberal judges on the court opposed the ruling.

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that legal protections on privacy rights do not cover prostitutes because "accepting prostitution as a profession would be against human dignity."

President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he is not allowing transgender people to serve in the U.S. military, a reversal of former President Obama’s decision last year to let them serve.
In a series of tweets, he said:

The Pentagon's current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on July 13, ordering a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service.

The Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.

The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages. With the ruling, gay marriage will become legal in all 50 states. 

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton encouraged gay rights activists to continue their push to bring down barriers Oct. 25, following recent court victories for gay marriage advocates in the United States.

US Supreme Court declined to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprising move that will allow gay men and women to get married in five additional states