Trump repeals protections for transgender service members

On Monday, President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order put in place during the early days of the Biden administration that broadened protections for trans people’s right to serve in the U.S. military. The repeal does not put anything into motion immediately, but it does remove a barrier to limiting trans people’s right to serve. During Trump’s first administration, his notorious July 2017 tweet announcing his intent to ban trans people never resulted in the automat