Pentagon To Consider Lifting Transgender Military Ban

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Β TheΒ Pentagon is considering lifting the ban on transgender people openly serving in theΒ U.S.Β Military. Β The decision could come in the next six months.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter says a team will study the effect of transgender service men and women in the coming months.

The Human Rights Campaign is praising the Pentagon’s decision. Β In a statement, the organization’s president, Chad Griffin, said:Β 

“Transgender Americans have every right to serve their country openly and honestly, and for far too long, this discriminatory ban has robbed them of the dignity of doing so.”