As rights groups decry Supreme Court decision, Pentagon says not all trans troops are banned

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As rights groups decry Supreme Court decision, Pentagon says not all trans troops are banned
by Jamie McIntyre
 | January 22, 2019 11:47 AM


While transgender rights advocates are denouncing the decision Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to temporarily implement a policy barring some transgender individuals from military service, the Pentagon says currently-serving transgender troops will not be kicked out.

“As always, we treat all transgender persons with respect and dignity,” said a statement issued shortly after the high court’s decision. “DoD's proposed policy is NOT a ban on service by transgender persons.”

After President Trump tweeted in 2017 his intention to ban all service by transgender troops, reversing an Obama administration policy, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis fashioned a compromise policy that allowed current serving troops to remain, along with new recruits who were willing to serve in their biological birth gender.

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