1、CRS Insights What are the Department of Defense (DOD) Policies on Transgender Service? Kristy N. Kamarck, Analyst in Military Manpower (kkamarckcrs.loc.gov, 7-7783) July 15, 2015 (IN10264) Background On July 13, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that DOD will review its policies on
2、transgender service. As part of this announcement he issued two directives: 1. DOD will create a working group composed of military and civilian personnel to study the policy and readiness implications of allowing transgender persons to serve openly. 2. The decision authority for administrative disc
3、harges for those diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who identify themselves as transgender will be the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Secretary Carter also emphasized that the working group will start with the presumption that transgender persons can serve openly without adv
4、erse impact on military effectiveness and readiness, unless and except where objective, practical impediments are identified. The word transgender does not appear in the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, or in any DOD issuances. However, the term transgender is typically applied t
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