Joe Biden officially scraps Trump ban on transgender people serving in US military
Joe Biden has officially lifted Donald Trump’s ban on transgender men and women serving in the US military. President Biden signed the executive order repealing his precedessor’s 2017 ban on Monday.Explaining Biden’s decision to scrap it, a White House spokesman said the president’s order ‘sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve.’The spokesman added: ‘President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity.’ Biden’s new order immediately prohibits any kind of anti-trans discrimination against existing servicemen and women, or trans people who hope to enlist.Annoucing the.
