With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday lifting the ban on transgender personnel being able to openly serve in the U.S. mililtary.
With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday lifting the ban on transgender personnel being able to openly serve in the U.S. mililtary.
The order protects transgender troops who were at risk of being forced out of the military and effectively gets rid of a 2019 Department of Defense order that imposed tight limits on transgender peopleâs ability to serve.
The 2019 order would only allow transgender people to serve if they had not been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, had not transitioned sex and could meet standards for their biological gender for grooming and uniforms.