Jeremy Redmon

Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

I write for @ajc. Bylines in @SmithsonianMag @oxfordamerican @taskandpurpose @thewarhorsenews @BitterSouth @USALacrosseMag. Teaching journalism at @mujschool.

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For this soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Jeremy Redmon

ATLANTA -- Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military. The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness. "When you feel at your best," he added, "you are able to perform your best."Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
For this soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Jeremy Redmon

By Jeremy Redmon, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA -- Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military. The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness. "When you feel at your best," he added, "you are able to perform your best."
CARE, other Georgia humanitarian organizations lay off staff, lower wages

1 week ago | timesfreepress.com | Jeremy Redmon

CARE USA, the humanitarian organization headquartered in Atlanta, says it has laid off hundreds of employees across the nation and thousands abroad in the wake of the Trump administration's massive cuts to federal foreign aid. Founded at the end of World War II, the nonprofit has also temporarily slashed wages for its employees, including CEO Michelle Nunn, said Ritu Sharma, CARE's vice president of U.S. programs and policy advocacy.
For this soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision

1 week ago | arcamax.com | Jeremy Redmon

ATLANTA -- Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military. The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness.
For this soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision

1 week ago | union-bulletin.com | Jeremy Redmon

ATLANTA -- Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military. The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness.
For this soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Jeremy Redmon

ATLANTA -- Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military. The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness. “When you feel at your best,” he added, “you are able to perform your best.”kAm$E2E:@?65 2E u@CE t:D6?9@H6C :?
CARE, other Georgia humanitarian organizations lay off staff, lower wages

1 week ago | ajc.com | Jeremy Redmon

CARE USA, the humanitarian organization headquartered in Atlanta, says it has laid off hundreds of employees across the nation and thousands abroad in the wake of the Trump administration’s massive cuts to federal foreign aid. Founded at the end of World War II, the nonprofit has also temporarily slashed wages for its employees, including CEO Michelle Nunn, said Ritu Sharma, CARE’s vice president of U.S. programs and policy advocacy.
Story behind Georgia Civil War drawing of Andersonville Prison

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Jeremy Redmon

After surviving the Confederates’ notorious Andersonville Prison, Thomas O’Dea spent more than five years painstakingly drawing a detailed portrait of what was known as “Hell Upon Earth.”The Union Army veteran’s illustration — measuring more than 3 feet tall and about 5 feet wide as a lithograph print — provides a bird’s-eye view of the Georgia prison in August 1864, when it held more than 30,000 prisoners.
For 1 Georgia soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Jeremy Redmon

ATLANTA - Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military. The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness. "When you feel at your best," he added, "you are able to perform your best."Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
For 1 Georgia soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Jeremy Redmon

ATLANTA – Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military. The result was so gratifying for the U.S. Army specialist that he compared it to turning on a light in pitch darkness.