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Transgender people have served or sought to serve in the United States military (U.S. military) throughout its history. Since January 25, 2021, transgender individuals have been allowed to openly serve and enlist in the U.S. military; however, on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking the Biden-era policy that allowed transgender individuals to serve openly ...
Directive-type Memorandum-19-004, "Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria", was a memorandum issued by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) prohibiting most transgender individuals from serving or enlisting in the United States Armed Forces and the DoD.
The preliminary ruling was affirmed on 13 April 2018, and the policy stayed, in Karnoski vs. Trump (Western District of Washington), when the court ruled that the 2018 memorandum essentially repeated the same issues as its predecessor order from 2017, that transgender service members (and transgender individuals as a class) were a protected ...
The outdated ban on transgender service members in the Air Force is due for a review according to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee. Lee urges that "anyone who is capable of accomplishing the job ...
On April 13, 2018, the policy was stayed in Karnoski vs. Trump (Western District of Washington), when the court ruled that the 2018 memorandum essentially repeated the same issues as its predecessor order from 2017, that transgender service members (and transgender individuals as a class) were a protected class entitled to strict scrutiny of ...
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James openly supported a change to the military's transgender policy, stating in 2014 that it was likely to be reviewed in the next year or so. [65] In February 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated he was open minded about including transgender people in the military and that nothing but individual ...
Conservative groups like Parents Defending Education celebrated Trump’s decision Monday to force the Education Department to scrap old guidance about supporting queer and transgender youth.
From 1960 to June 30, 2016, there was a blanket ban on all transgender people from serving and enlisting in the United States military; this ended on January 1, 2018, when transgender individuals in the United States military were allowed to serve in their identified or assigned gender upon completing transition.