President Donald Trump’s ban on trans people serving in the US military has damaged the armed forces’ reputation and effectiveness.
That’s the clear conclusion of the first independent report to assess the impact of the ban. Three senior academics at the Palm Center worked with three retired military Surgeons General to compile the report.
They found the ban is ‘compromising recruitment, reputation, retention, unit cohesion, morale, medical care, and good order and discipline’ in the military.
The US military started allowing trans people to serve openly in uniform in June 2016. But Trump first proposed the ban in a tweet in July 2017, just a few months after the start of his presidency.