Like most other areas of society, transgenderism has affected America’s armed forces, and critics say military preparedness has suffered as a result.
Transgender individuals were banned from serving in the U.S. military for decades until officials lifted the ban in June 2016. Then-President Donald Trump implemented a new ban in July 2017.
Shortly after President Joe Biden took office, he reversed the Trump administration’s ban on transgender recruits. On March 31, 2021, International Transgender Day of Visibility, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced at a briefing, “There is no place for violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression or sex characteristics.”…