Defence Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the United States has decided to end its ban on transgender soldiers serving in the armed forces. According to the current regulations, transgender service members are outdated and causie uncertainty that distracts commanders from core missions. The Government has decided to create a working group to study over the next six months the policy and readiness implications of welcoming transgender persons to serve openly. The working group would be led by the (Acting) Under Secretary of Defence for Personnel and Readiness Brad Carson.
Transgender is the state of one’s gender identity or gender expression not matching one’s assigned sex.
The term trans man refers to female-to-male (FtM or F2M) transgender people, and trans woman refers to male-to-female (MtF or M2F) transgender people.
A common symbol for the transgender community is the Transgender Pride flag, which was designed by Monica Helms.
In India, the Supreme Court on April 15, 2014, recognized a third gender that is neither male nor female.
Test Your Knowledge
- In India, __________ was the first state to create a Transgender Welfare Board in 2008? Tamil Nadu
