President Trump reinstated a ban on transgender individuals serving in the military, reversing former President Biden's policy change. The original ban, enacted in 2017 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 2019, affected thousands of service members, many of whom fear disclosure of their gender identity. Estimates suggest up to 8,000 transgender individuals may currently serve. Trump's recent order aligns with a broader agenda to roll back protections for transgender rights, reinforcing policies that require service members to identify with their birth gender and limiting their ability to seek gender-affirming care.
The resultant DoD rule barred transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning, required most individuals to serve in their birth gender, and said service members could be discharged based on a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
Transgender people were welcomed to serve openly in the military in June 2016 when the Obama administration lifted the Pentagon's decades-long ban, which the Trump administration reimposed.
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