Volker Türk on Monday spoke at UN LGBTI Core Group event
Trump-Vance administration cut US support after it took office
Defense Department says updated guidelines to be issued shortly
Mass. lawmaker champions transgender rights
DAFT visa offers fast-track to permanent residency, citizenship
12 percent of adults — 25.6 million people — identify as part of the community
Several high profile figures have left government since January 2025
Current policy enacted in 1980s in response to AIDS crisis
Defense Secretary was speaking in support of Republican Zach Nunn
Attorneys general from Calif., and elsewhere are fighting directives
