Trump Order Would Ban Most Transgender Troops From Serving
Trump : banned most transgenders troops from serving in the military except : « under circumstances »
—> following up on his calls (last year) to ban transgender individuals from serving
Withe House : troops with history or diagnosis of « gender dysphoria »
require medical treatment
« considerable risk to military EFFECTIVENESS and LETHALITY »
2017
Trump tweet : allow transgender to serve openly => so push for the ban = blocked
SO : Pentagon responded : by allowing those serving to stay in the military + allowing transgender individuals to enlist => begin Jan. 1.
New policy : everybody allowed
Democrats + civil rights groups responded
“No one with the strength & bravery to serve in the U.S. military should be turned away because of who they are.”
Human Rights Campaign + largest LGBT civil right organization
—> accused Trump’s administration
“anti-transgender prejudices onto the military »
=> discriminatory, unconstitutional, despicable ban
Joshua Block (senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union LGBT & HIV Project)
no choice between humanity and country
Defense Secretary (J. Mattis)
Pentagon spokesman
new policy = no immediate effect on the military => obliged by the current law
agree with Trump
Guidelines : Pentagon
disqualify potential recruits —> conditions