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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 President Biden on Monday repealed former President Trump's ban on most transgender people serving in the military, the latest action Biden is taking to quickly unravel his predecessor's 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 Secretary Lloyd Austin's meeting with the president at the White House. "What I'm doing is enablin...

President Biden Just Overturned Trump's 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 overturned Trump’s discriminatory ban on transgender people serving in the military. Biden met th...

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 gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its ...