Transgender personnel in the United States military | |
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![]() Protesters outside the U.S. Army Recruiting Center on July 26, 2017, respond to President Donald Trump's tweets that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve in the U.S. military. | |
![]() Albert Cashier, a Union Army soldier in the Civil War who was born Jennie Irene Hodgers | |
Legal Status | |
Current status | No restrictions |
Current law | Executive Order on Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform |
Previous laws | |
Court cases | |
In more recent years, openly transgender people have served or sought to serve in the military. The subject began to engender some political controversy starting with transgender servicemembers being banned in 1960 and possibly earlier. This controversy came to a head in the 2010s and was subjected to relatively rapid changes for the next few years. As of 2021, transgender individuals are expressly permitted to serve openly as their identified gender. A brief timeline is as follows:
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