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- US President Joe Biden lifted the ban on trans people serving in the US military.
- With that, Biden overturned a controversial order from his predecessor Donald Trump.
- The president signed an order that “all Americans qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to do so.”
Donald Trump banned trans people from serving in the military in August 2017, reversing the decision of his predecessor, Barack Obama.
Trump then gave the reason for the controversial move that the military could not bear the “huge medical costs” associated with serving trans people. At the time, he had called for more studies to make sure that transgender people didn’t inhibit military effectiveness, destroy cohesion, or deplete the military’s resources.
“Inclusive armed forces are more effective”
The White House announced: “Allowing all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform is better for the military and better for the country.” The armed forces are most effective when they are inclusive. “In short, it is the correct way and it is in our national interest.”
Transgender people are people who do not identify, or not only, with the gender that was registered when they were born. Biden also nominated a trans woman for the first time as Secretary of State in the Department of Health for a senior position in the United States government.
