(NPR) Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military

Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military



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Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military







Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon last week.



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Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military



President Biden signed an executive order repealing the Trump transgender ban in his first week in office, directing the Pentagon to begin the process to allow transgender people to serve openly.