Military Service: Protecting Transgender Troops
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This bill is supported only by Democrats and faces strong opposition from Republicans who disagree with these types of military personnel policies.
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Active duty transgender service members would be protected from involuntary separation, denial of medically necessary health care, and being forced to serve in their sex assigned at birth. This directly overrides administrative actions that have targeted transgender troops for removal or restriction.
“involuntarily separate a member of the Armed Forces”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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Introduced in Senate
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The Fit to Serve Act would prohibit the Defense Department from disqualifying transgender people from service or involuntarily separating members over a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and bar the armed forces from requiring troops to serve only according to their birth sex.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and colleagues introduced the Fit to Serve Act to support military readiness by prohibiting discrimination against transgender servicemembers. The bill bars the DoD from banning members, denying necessary health care, or forcing service based on sex assigned at birth.
The Fit to Serve Act was introduced in the Senate on June 6 by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to establish that military members may not be discriminated against based on their gender identity, responding to executive orders that removed 'gender ideology' from federal agencies.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Fit to Serve Act
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