US Naval Academy to bar most transgender troops

Published April 17, 2019 10:03pm ET



The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer permit transgender people from attending the school, in accordance with the Pentagon’s new policy blocking most transgender troops from serving in the military.

Although the Naval Academy previously admitted transgender students, including those who wanted to transition while a student, such students will be barred from attending the Naval Academy starting in the 2020-2021 academic school year.

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