Amendments blocking funding for drag shows, gender-affirming care dropped from NDAA

A compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) negotiators in the House and Senate agreed on does not include a number of controversial amendments criticized as attacks against the LGBTQ community.

House Republicans, who passed the amendments in July, agreed to drop them from the annual defense policy bill, according to an updated draft released Thursday. The House-passed NDAA had sought to block the Defense Department (DOD) from funding drag shows and gender-affirming...