— President Biden (@POTUS) January 25, 2021The long-anticipated move reinstates a 2016 Obama administration policy that allowed transgender individuals to openly serve in the military. Though numerous surveys have shown that the majority of Americans support transgender military service, the controversial policy took effect in April 2019. Added GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, “The American people, military leaders, and service members themselves, all overwhelmingly support transgender military service. Today, Biden fulfilled his promise to rescind Trump’s shameful, discriminatory, and unconstitutional trans military ban. @POTUS’s order reversing the abhorrent transgender military ban will make our country safer & stronger.​NY celebrates with the #LGBTQ community today as this ban is lifted.

Source: Huffington Post January 25, 2021 20:37 UTC