US military announces plan aimed at lifting transgender ban
The Pentagon's current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, defense secretary Ash Carter said on Monday.
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon's current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, defense secretary Ash Carter said on Monday, ordering a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender — or sexuality-based barriers to military service.
Carter said he is creating a working group that will review the policies and determine if lifting the ban would have any impact on the military's ability to be ready for battle. But he said the group will begin with the presumption that transgender people should be able to serve openly "without adverse impact on military effectiveness and readiness, unless and except where objective, practical impediments are identified."
The plan, which was first reported by The Associated Press, gives the services time to methodically work through the legal, medical and administrative issues and develop training to ease any transition, and senior leaders believed six months would be sufficient.
Carter said he is creating a working group that will review the policies and determine if lifting the ban would have any impact on the military's ability to be ready for battle. But he said the group will begin with the presumption that transgender people should be able to serve openly "without adverse impact on military effectiveness and readiness, unless and except where objective, practical impediments are identified."
The plan, which was first reported by The Associated Press, gives the services time to methodically work through the legal, medical and administrative issues and develop training to ease any transition, and senior leaders believed six months would be sufficient.
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