US EditionNew Pentagon policy undercuts trans troops’ ability to ask to stay in the military, AP learns
The policy allows commanders to overrule separation boards and requires transgender troops to wear birth-assigned gender uniforms, affecting their ability to contest discharge decisions.
- The Pentagon's new policy limits transgender troops' ability to appeal decisions about their military service, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
- Under the new policy, commanders can override military separation boards' decisions regarding transgender service members, as stated in the Oct. 8 memo from Anthony Tata.
- Transgender service members must appear before boards in uniforms matching their assigned gender at birth, or their absence may count against them, according to Emily Starbuck Gerson of SPARTA Pride.
- Riley Podleski, Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary, stated that the Department does not comment on ongoing litigation related to the policy.
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New Pentagon policy undercuts trans troops’ ability to ask to stay in the U.S. military, AP learns
The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the U.S. military, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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New Pentagon policy undercuts trans troops' ability to ask to stay in the military, AP learns
The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military.
Pentagon Issues New Policy Weakening Appeals for Transgender Troops - latestglobalinsight
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has issued a new policy that will significantly limit the ability of transgender service members—those affected by the Trump administration’s renewed military ban—to appeal their separations and argue for the right to remain in uniform. According to a memo obtained by The Associated Press, dated October 8 and signed by Anthony Tata, the Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness, the new rules allow commander…
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