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Joe Biden reverses Donald Trump s ban on transgender people in US military
26 Jan, 2021 12:19 AM
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President Biden delivers remarks and signs executive orders. Video / ABC News
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By: LOLITA C. BALDOR and ZEKE MILLER
US President Joe Biden has signed an order reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military.
The new order, which Biden signed in the Oval Office during a meeting with Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by former president Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office.
It immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.