1 day ago · The transgender service member advocacy group SPARTA Pride estimates there are 15,000 to 25,000 transgender troops serving, or slightly more than 1 percent of the force.

1 day ago · An estimated 15,000 military personnel are transgender. That number is based on a survey of active duty military and an estimate of those in the reserves and National Guard. National Security

2 days ago · Transgender troops were first allowed to serve openly at the end of the Obama administration in 2016. But, during Trump's first term in 2017, he announced on social media that he would "not accept ...

1 day ago · Within 15 hours of Trump's executive order, transgender troops and advocates filed a lawsuit alleging that the new restrictions are violating constitutional guarantees of equal protection.

3 days ago · President Trump will sign an executive order Monday barring transgender troops from serving openly in the military, aiming to reverse LGBTQ policies from the Biden administration.

Jan 21, 2025 · President Trump repealed a rule Monday established by former President Biden that allows transgender people to openly serve in the U.S. military. (Evan Vucci/AP) Soon after taking office Monday ...

3 days ago · President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders focused on the military. One directs Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.

2 days ago · Trump had tried to ban transgender troops during his first term, but it was tangled up in the courts for years before being overturned by then-President Joe Biden shortly after he took office ...

2 days ago · The order pertaining to transgender military service, titled "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness," reinstates a policy from Trump's first term and rescinds an order by then-President ...

3 days ago · President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had signed four executive orders that will reshape the military, including banning transgender service members from serving in the US armed forces ...