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In sprint to address LGBTQ rights, Biden reverses Trump-era ban on transgender people serving in the military

The order also immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.

© Getty Biden signing one of his blizzard of executive orders. President Biden on Monday repealed former President Trumps ban on most transgender people serving in the military, the latest action Biden is taking to quickly unravel his predecessors policies. The president signed an executive order that "sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve," according to a fact sheet released ahead of newly minted Defense ...

President Biden Just Overturned Trumps Trans Military Ban "Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service." January 25 2021 10:28 AM EST Updated January 25 2021 12:21 PM EST *Mere hours after this story was published, President Biden signed an executive order that sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces are allowed to. This effective overturned the ban. This story has been updated to reflect that. President Joe Biden today ...

By COREY DICKSTEIN AND CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 25, 2021 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday ended the Pentagon’s ban on most transgender men and women joining the military, fulfilling a campaign promise to undo one of President Donald Trump’s signature Pentagon policies. Biden issued an executive order Monday that allows all qualified Americans to serve in the military, regardless of their gender identity. “President Biden believes that all gen...

From left, transgender military members Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann, Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik, Army Capt. Jennifer Peace and Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King, listen to an emotional committee member Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., relate to the witnesses about her daughter who is gay during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 27, 2019. This was the first-ever hearing in which transgender military members have openly testified in Congr...

Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, in Washington. AP Photo President Joe Biden meets with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, left, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Evan Vucci Modified: 1/25/2021 2:31:37 PM WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sign...

“This is the right thing to do,” Austin said in a written statement after the order was signed. “It is also the smart thing to do.” The order revokes Trump’s 2017 and 2018 orders banning transgender military service and directs the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security, under which the Coast Guard falls, to ensure all policies are consistent with Biden’s order, according to the fact sheet. It also immediately bans involuntary separations, discharges and denials of reenlistmen...

Biden reverses Trumps ban on transgender people in military By Lolita C. Baldor and Zeke Miller Published  WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed an order Monday 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 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office. It immediately prohibi...

President Joe Biden reverses Trump administration ban on transgender people in military Updated Jan 25, 2021; President Joe Biden signed an order Monday 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 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office. It immediately prohibits any ser...