Transgender troops able to serve openly ‘soon’

Published June 21, 2016 8:22pm ET



Transgender troops soon will be able to serve openly, as a historic reversal on a gender dysphoria ban is expected within weeks.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter established a working group last July to measure the impact of allowing transgendered people to serve openly. A Pentagon spokesman on Tuesday said that officials are quickly moving toward a consensus after it was reported a “high-level” meeting took place Monday.

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