06-25-2016, 07:49 AM
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36628288
Quote:US officials say the Pentagon will lift its ban on openly transgender service personnel next month.
Defence Secretary Ash Carter has called the regulation outdated and harmful to the military.
The disclosure has been welcomed by campaigners for transgender rights.
It comes after the US Army Secretary, Eric Fanning, formally took office. He is the first openly gay person to become the top civilian official in any branch of the American military.
The US military ended its ban on openly gay and lesbian service personnel in 2011.
The latest repeal would require each branch of the US military to implement new policies covering recruitment, housing and uniforms for transgender personnel, an official quoted by US media said.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
