CNN:
President Donald Trump on Friday directed the military not to move forward with an Obama-era plan that would have allowed transgender individuals to be recruited into the armed forces, following through on his intentions announced a month earlier to ban transgender people from serving. The presidential memorandum also bans the Department of Defense from using its resources to provide medical treatment regimens for transgender individuals currently serving in the military Trump also directed the departments of Defense and Homeland Security “to determine how to address transgender individuals currently serving based on military effectiveness and lethality, unitary cohesion, budgetary constraints, applicable law, and all factors that may be relevant,” the White House official said.
Back when Trump first announced the ban on Twitter, I interviewed some trans people who served. https://t.co/4laajcWfkK
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 25, 2017
Trump deferred military service five times yet has the audacity to ban the brave trans folk who serve.
Absolutely disgusting. https://t.co/ADAzN5IvjC
— Cole Ledford (@ColeLedford11) August 25, 2017
A trans US Air Force veteran has a message for @realDonaldTrump about his transgender military ban. pic.twitter.com/5bLlEN6mLj
— VoteVets (@votevets) August 25, 2017
When I was bleeding to death in my Black Hawk, I didn’t care if the troops saving me were gay, straight, transgender, black, white or brown pic.twitter.com/FTzjHpZuuH
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) August 24, 2017
Purely to victimize a vulnerable minority, Trump signs memo ordering transgender ban in military. https://t.co/TvpwZyA5IY
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 25, 2017
Slap* a Trump-will-be-better-for-LGBT-Americans-than-Hillary voter today. (*figuratively) https://t.co/qfmvdhRBkl
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) August 24, 2017
Impeach The Mother Fucker Already #ITMFA
— Jake Shears (@Jakeshears) August 18, 2017
