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US President Joe Biden reverses Donald Trumps ban on transgender people in 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. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Associated Press WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the m...

5 Days into Presidency, Biden Overturns Effective Ban on Transgender Military Service In this July 29, 2017, photo, transgender U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer Sims lifts her uniform during an interview with The Associated Press in Beratzhausen near Regensburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) 25 Jan 2021 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday lifting a Trump administration policy that largely banned transgender individuals from joining the U.S. military and prevented service member...

Posted By: Parker Padgett January 25, 2021 @ 2:41 pm Local News, News, State WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 durin...

Troops Still Await Action on Military Transgender Policy After Flurry of Executive Orders Nicolas Talbott, a transgender male, dropped out of Army ROTC at Kent State University when the 2018 policy went into effect. (Photo: Courtesy of Nicolas Talbott) 22 Jan 2021 An executive order signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden barring discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity does not apply to U.S. military personnel. But advocates for transgender service ...