The Pentagon's new policy that places limits on the military service of transgender individuals will go into effect nearly two years after Pres. Trump tweeted that he wanted to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.
tweeted that he wanted to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.
A graphic released by the Pentagon shows how individuals will be impacted by the new transgender policy. In preparation for the policy to take effect on Friday, a Pentagon spokesperson told ABC News that fact sheets have been provided to military medical providers, service members, applicants, commanders, recruiters and to those in the human resources field.
Minter, a transgender man and the Legal Director for NCLR, described transgender service members as in a "state of despair" and fear as the new policy is implemented. He said the military will lose skilled, highly qualified individuals from service because of their gender identity and that the new policy could "encourage bias and discrimination."
"There is no policy that prohibits the ability of a service member to express themselves off-duty in their preferred gender," officials said in a recently released Navy administrative message,
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