Current Version
| Region | United States |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Start Date | Apr 11, 2019 |
| End Date | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Description | New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria." |
| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts |
| Federal Law | Yes |
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Revision History (6)
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| End Date | Jan 25, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Federal Law | No | Yes |
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| End Date | Feb 26, 2021 | Jan 25, 2021 |
| Description | Former President Trump said in a slew of tweets in 2017, that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military. He then talked with the Chiefs of Staff, making it full ban for transgender people. Policy stated, if transgender people were in the military already, they could serve under a gender dysphoria diagnoses. | New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria." |
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| Federal Law | Yes | No |
| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/breaking-down-trumps-trans-military-ban https://www.americanoversight.org/document/dod-records-regarding-trumps-tweet-banning-transgender-military-servicemembers https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4916946-DOD-Records-Regarding-Trump-s-Tweet-Banning.html#document/p15/a527647 *Documents of the emails that the service members asking about the ban* https://media.defense.gov/2018/Mar/23/2001894037/-1/-1/0/MILITARY-SERVICE-BY-TRANSGENDER-INDIVIDUALS.PDF *DOD official media document* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/30/us-military-ends-ban-transgender-service-members | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts |
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| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/breaking-down-trumps-trans-military-ban https://www.americanoversight.org/document/dod-records-regarding-trumps-tweet-banning-transgender-military-servicemembers https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4916946-DOD-Records-Regarding-Trump-s-Tweet-Banning.html#document/p15/a527647 *Documents of the emails that the service members asking about the ban* https://media.defense.gov/2018/Mar/23/2001894037/-1/-1/0/MILITARY-SERVICE-BY-TRANSGENDER-INDIVIDUALS.PDF *DOD official media document* | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/breaking-down-trumps-trans-military-ban https://www.americanoversight.org/document/dod-records-regarding-trumps-tweet-banning-transgender-military-servicemembers https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4916946-DOD-Records-Regarding-Trump-s-Tweet-Banning.html#document/p15/a527647 *Documents of the emails that the service members asking about the ban* https://media.defense.gov/2018/Mar/23/2001894037/-1/-1/0/MILITARY-SERVICE-BY-TRANSGENDER-INDIVIDUALS.PDF *DOD official media document* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/30/us-military-ends-ban-transgender-service-members |
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| End Date | Jan 25, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Description | New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria." | Former President Trump said in a slew of tweets in 2017, that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military. He then talked with the Chiefs of Staff, making it full ban for transgender people. Policy stated, if transgender people were in the military already, they could serve under a gender dysphoria diagnoses. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/breaking-down-trumps-trans-military-ban https://www.americanoversight.org/document/dod-records-regarding-trumps-tweet-banning-transgender-military-servicemembers https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4916946-DOD-Records-Regarding-Trump-s-Tweet-Banning.html#document/p15/a527647 *Documents of the emails that the service members asking about the ban* https://media.defense.gov/2018/Mar/23/2001894037/-1/-1/0/MILITARY-SERVICE-BY-TRANSGENDER-INDIVIDUALS.PDF *DOD official media document* |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Start Date | Apr 11, 2019 |
| End Date | Jan 25, 2021 |
| Description | New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria." |
| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/transgender-troop-ban-starts |