The Transgender Military Personnel Fight Continues Amid Uncertainty

President Donald Trump announced late on Friday, March 23, that he favors disqualifying transgender persons with a history of gender dysphoria from the military except in “limited circumstances.” Hence, the legal fight for transgender military service will continue and considerable uncertainty remains. To recap the developments leading up to last Friday’s presidential memo, recall that, under President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, transgender service members were on the path to full integration into the military. The policy followed an easy logic: Anyone who meets the qualifications should be able to serve in the military. But following President Trump’s election, Secretary of Defense James Mattis exercised his discretion and approved the recommendation of the military services to delay the Obama-era accession policy for an additional six months. While this six-month delay was already underway, President Trump…

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