ESTABLISHED 2024 A CIVIC RECORD OF ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE — AND HOW WE RESTORE THEM May 17, 2026
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✊ Civil Rights

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Memorandum Prohibiting Transgender Military Service

On March 23, 2018, President Trump signed a memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to develop a policy prohibiting transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. The directive reversed the Obama administration's 2016 policy that permitted transgender service members to serve openly. The memorandum required the military to return to a policy denying service to transgender individuals, effective implementation began in April 2019.

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Memorandum Directing Ban on Transgender Military Service

On August 25, 2017, President Trump signed a memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to prohibit transgender individuals from serving in the military. The memorandum halted the Obama administration's policy allowing transgender service members to serve openly and directed the Department of Defense to reinstate the ban on transgender military service. Approximately 8,600 to 15,000 transgender service members were affected.