Trump Signs Memo to Implement Transgender Military Ban

President Donald Trump has now empowered the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to implement the transgender military ban.

According to multiple reports, Trump signed an executive memo giving these two agencies the authority to exclude transgender persons from serving.

JUST IN: Pres. Trump has signed an executive memo providing DoD & DHS with authority to expel transgender service members from the military

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) August 25, 2017

According to ABC, the Department of Defense will be given six months to come with a plan on how to implement the ban — which goes into effect on March 23, 2018. ABC quoted an unnamed senior White House official as saying that Trump signed the memo because of “national security considerations.”

According to a report by CNN, the memo also forbids the Department of Defense from paying for gender reassignment surgery.

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