Transgender students will be barred from enrolling in the Naval Academy at the start of the 2020 school year as the Defense Department starts enforcing Pentagon’s transgender military policy.
The policy, which bars most transgender individuals from serving unless they serve as their biological sex, took effect on April 12. The Defense Department confirmed with the Capital Gazette on April 15 that the academy will implement the policy, effectively banning transgender students from enrolling in the fall 2020 school year and beyond.
