The Pentagon has announced policy updates regarding transgender people serving in the U.S. military, to align with President Joe Biden’s executive orders issued earlier this year.
The updated policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, including a person’s self-identification as transgender; allow people to serve in the military in their self-identified gender, as long as certain standards are met; and allow service members to access gender transition medical procedures, which would be funded by the military, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on March 31.
