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# Pentagon lifts trans military ban
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/pentagon-lifts-trans-military-ban/
- Published: 2021-04-02T08:09:36.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-02T07:07:04.000Z
- Description: The Pentagon announced that trans people will now be able to enlist and serve openly in the US military.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, Trans Day of Visibility, Trans military ban, Trans Rights, Transgender, US

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The Biden administration marked the **Trans Day of Visibility** (**March 31**) by lifting the Trump era trans military ban, with the Pentagon announcing trans people will now be able to enlist and serve openly. President **Joe Biden** first signed an executive order to reverse the ban in [January](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-lifts-trump-military-ban/), days after entering the office, but the new regulations have only just been enacted at the Pentagon.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/joe-biden-lgbt-rights-600-400.jpg)

When the executive order was first given, the White House released a statement saying: *“President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity.”* According to *[KSBY News](https://www.ksby.com/homepage-showcase/pentagon-lifts-transgender-military-ban-on-international-transgender-day-of-visibility?ref=scenemag.co.uk)*, the new rules will also prohibit gender-based discrimination within the military.

**Jamie Woolf**, chair of **Tranz Central Coast**, praised the Biden administration for undoing the ban, saying: *“It’s another way that says, we’re normal. We can do it if we have the skills and physical ability, we could be given the same opportunity like anyone else.”* The new regulations will take full effect in a month in order to give military services time to adjust their policies.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trans-flag-pride-1.jpg)