Leading docs group supports transgender in military

Published June 8, 2015 10:00pm ET



A leading group of U.S. doctors passed a resolution Monday saying there’s no medically valid reason to exclude transgender individuals from the military.

The resolution, approved unanimously by the American Medical Association’s policy-making House of Delegates, calls the military’s current rules about transgender service members “out of date” and says transgender men and women are fit to serve in high-stress environments just as any other qualified members are.

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