Enabling All Qualified Americans To Serve Their Country in Uniform
Headline: Orders Armed Forces to Allow Transgender Americans to Serve
What it does: Agencies must stop involuntary separations for gender identity, correct affected records, and establish a process allowing service members to transition while serving.
- Stops involuntary discharges and reenlistment denials based on gender identity.
- Requires review and correction of military records for affected service members.
- Creates a process permitting service members to transition gender while serving.
Summary
This order directs the military and the Coast Guard to allow qualified transgender Americans to serve openly and without discrimination. It revokes prior memoranda that barred most transgender people from joining and requires military policies to be changed to match this directive.
The order stops involuntary separations for gender identity, requires review and correction of affected service members' records, and directs creation of a process for service members to transition gender while serving; departments must report progress within 60 days.
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