Transgender Air Force Academy Cadets Graduate but Are Not Commissioned Amid Trump's Ban

Army circulates guidelines for expelling transgender troops from military

Army guidelines instruct commanders and soldiers on interacting with and identifying service members with gender dysphoria as they leave the military.

Transgender Air Force Academy cadets graduate but are not commissioned amid Trump's ban

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Three transgender senior cadets earned their diplomas from the Air Force Academy on Thursday, but they did not commission as officers with their peers.

Transgender Air Force Academy cadets graduate, but not commissioned amid Trump's ban

Three transgender senior cadets earned their diplomas from the Air Force Academy on Thursday, but they did not commission as officers with their peers. The cadets can’t commission because of a U.S. Supreme Court order that allowed the President Donald Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops to be enforced ahead of a resolution of legal challenges on the ban.