'Every soldier is different': 'Stronger' Army to provide gender transition surgeries now

The U.S. Army confirmed that it would be providing transition surgeries and care for transgender service members after President Joe Biden repealed a Trump-era order that largely forbade them from joining the military.

The directive, outlined in a memo, mandates a soldier’s gender identity can no longer bar him or her from service, be the cause for involuntary separation, or be a basis for discrimination, Maj. Gen. Douglas Stitt said in a Friday press conference. If a soldier is diagnosed with gender dysphoria, medical personnel will be authorized to facilitate transition surgeries so that soldiers may have access to showers and bathrooms aligning with their self-identified gender.