President Biden "believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity," White House says as he signs an executive order reversing the Trump administration's policy on transgender service members.
The Biden EO "Immediately Prohibits Involuntary Separations, Discharges, and Denials of Reenlistment or Continuation of Service on the Basis of Gender Identity or Under Circumstances Relating to Gender Identity," WH says.
The order directs an immediate review (and correction) of records of "service members who have been involuntarily separated, discharged, or denied reenlistment or continuation of service on the basis of gender identity or under circumstances relating to gender identity."
White House: "Simply put, transgender servicemembers will no longer be subject to the possibility of discharge or separation on the basis of gender identity; transgender servicemembers can serve in their gender when transition is complete..."
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