{"id":412687,"date":"2018-03-24T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=412687"},"modified":"2018-03-24T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:27:37","slug":"trump-signs-new-transgender-military-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/trump-signs-new-transgender-military-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs new transgender military ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Trump has signed a memorandum that bans some transgender people from US military service but rolls back the blanket ban he ordered last year.<\/p>\n
The new directive adopts recommendations from Defence Secretary Jim Mattis that “transgender persons who require or have undergone gender transition” cannot serve.<\/p>\n
But it gives the Pentagon and other agencies some discretion in the matter.<\/p>\n
The earlier blanket ban was blocked by federal judges.<\/p>\n
The new memorandum\u00a0says that transgender individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are barred from military service “except under certain limited circumstances”.<\/p>\n
The Department of Defence (DoD) had submitted a report to the presidentwhich said allowing those with a history of gender dysphoria to serve entailed “substantial risks” and could, by exempting them from existing physical, mental and sex-based standards, “undermine readiness… and impose an unreasonable burden on the military”.<\/p>\n
It said the Obama administration’s decision to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military was largely based on\u00a0a 2016 study by the Rand think-tank, which “contained significant shortcomings”.<\/p>\n
Gender dysphoria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n