With ban lifted, transgender service members free to figure out what comes next
'The clouds parted': Trans service members react to end of ban from military Jo Yurcaba © Provided by NBC News Navy Lt. Cmdr. Emily Shilling came out as transgender on April 14, 2019, two days after a Trump administration policy barring trans people from serving openly in the military took effect. The policy prevented trans people from enlisting, and it forced "non-exempt" service members like Shilling, who came out after the ban took effect, to continue serving as their assigned sex at birth. "It was kind of like 'don't ask, don't tell,'" she said. "I could be whoever I wan...