Fit to Serve Act

Key Points

• The bill would prohibit the military from using gender identity as a reason to deny someone the ability to join, reenlist, or continue serving in the Armed Forces. This protects transgender individuals from being kicked out or turned away solely because of who they are.
• The legislation requires the military to cover medically necessary health care for transgender service members and lets them serve as the gender they identify with, not the sex they were assigned at birth.
• By writing these protections into federal law (Title 10, United States Code), the bill would make it much harder for future administrations to reverse transgender military service policies through executive orders alone. Right now, rules around transgender service have shifted depending on who is in office.
• The bill defines gender identity broadly to include appearance, mannerisms, and other gender-related characteristics, regardless of an individual's designated sex at birth. This wide definition would offer protection to a range of gender-nonconforming service members.

Votes

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