Current Version
| Region | United States |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2016 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 2018 |
| Description | The US Army repealed the ban to serve for openly transgender individuals |
| Sources | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/30/us-military-ends-ban-transgender-service-members |
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Revision History (2)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2016 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | The US Army repealed the ban to serve for openly transgender individuals |
| Sources | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/30/us-military-ends-ban-transgender-service-members |
Reports (48)
- Status is not correct "Biden administration vs Trump administration on Transgender individuals in the military "
- Newer law has been passed ""Executive Order on Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform" on January 25, 2021"
- Status is not correct "Transgender People were banned from serving unless they used their gender assigned at birth, again in 2018"
- Newer law has been passed "Transgender people cannot serve anymore again."
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "is now illegal again"
- Status is not correct "The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 is a landmark United States federal statute enacted in December 2010 that established a process for ending the Don't ask, don't tell policy, thus allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces."
- Status is not correct "Trump banned Transgender to serve in the military in January 22nd, 2019. After trump made the ban he later came out and basically said trans are still allowed to serve they are just required to “don’t ask, don’t tell” if you are trans."
- Status is not correct "Transgender people are currently excluded from joining."
- Newer law has been passed "Trump's declaration to ban trans people from the military has passed in 2019."
- Status is not correct "Transgender people were able to serve in the United States armed forces until June 30, 2016. Since then President Donald Trump has prohibited trans personnel in the U.S Armed Forces through a series of actions including August 25, 2017 Presidential Memorandum and March 23, 2018 Presidential Memorandum: the orders of Trump are in effect with March 12, 2019 Directive-type Memorandum-19-004."
- Status is not correct "transgender may not serve in military. https://www.hrc.org/resources/transgender-military-service"
- Status is not correct "The United States now put the transgender military ban back in and transgender people cannot serve openly"
- Status is not correct "On July 26, 2017, Donald Trump announced: "The United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military." (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/26/539470211/trump-says-transgender-people-cant-serve-in-military; https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890193981585444864; https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890196164313833472)
On August 25, 2017, Trump issued a formal memorandum detailing the ban and directing the Secretary of Defense to prepare a plan for implementing it. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-secretary-defense-secretary-homeland-security/)
Multiple federal lawsuits were filed challenging the ban, and several federal courts issued temporary injunctions preventing implementation of the ban while litigation was pending. On January 22, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to lift the injunctions. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46963426; https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/18-676.html)
On April 12, 2019, the Trump administration started implementing the transgender military ban. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46963426)"
- Status is not correct "Transgender military ban was reinstated by Donald Trump."
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Donald Trump has banned transgender people from serving in the military"
- Other "Tolerating homosexuals is not the sane as "legal". A person may be fired or discriminated against is found. Thus not legal only tolerated"
- Status is not correct "Trump Administration has since repealed this, trans individuals are barred from all military service"
- Status is not correct "Trans people can no longer serve in the military"
- Status is not correct " Transgenders are currently unable to serve in Military "
- Status is not correct "Trump"
- Status is not correct "Donald Trump removed all transgender people from the military last year"
- Status is not correct "Recent executive order from President Donald Trump has renewed the illegal status of transgender and homosexuals in the military."
- Status is not correct "Trump Administration re-banned transgender people from serving in the military, however LGB people can still serve openly"
- Status is not correct "Ban on transgender military members was reinstated early 2019."
- Status is not correct "Lesbian Gay and Bisexuals allowed
New ban as of April 12, 2019 by Donald Trump bans transgender people from Serving "
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed "In 2019, President Trump of the US banned trans people from entering the military unless they live as their gender assigned at birth, haven't medically transitioned, and won't medically transtion.
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-controversial-transgender-military-policy-goes-effect-n993826"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Trump recently banned transgender individuals from joining the military."
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Trump raised the transgender ban once more."
- Status is not correct "The ban was reinstated: 2019"
- Newer law has been passed "Trump has passed new law that bans transgender people to serve . They may serve under their "birth sex" but that is still a ban on transgender individuals"
- Newer law has been passed "Transgender military service banned (2019)"
- Status is not correct "The source that was used is more than 2 years old"
- Status is not correct "Transgender people may serve if they are not currently transitioning."
- Newer law has been passed "Trump's military trans ban :("
- Status is not correct "trans people just got banned from serving in military again"
- Status is not correct "Transgenders are not allowed to serve in the military as of yesterday"
- Status is not correct "President Donald Trump has said that they will not be recruiting transgender military due to some interstate reason"
- Status is not correct "Homosexuals: undefined
Transgenders: Illegal for MOST"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Inclusion of transgender persons is delayed until January 2018, for a 6-month study. "
- Status is not correct "Trump banned Transgenders from the military
"
- Status is not correct
- Date is incorrect