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Biden allows transgender personnel to serve in army
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- 26 January, 2021
- 06:35
US President Joe Biden has lifted the ban imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump on the transgender personnel’s serving in the US Armed Forces, Report informs, referring to the White House.
"President Biden signed today an Executive Order that sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve," said the press service of the White House. "President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service and that America’s strength is found in its diversity."
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