The Pentagon added to this year's laundry list of military firsts and transgender rights decisions when it announced on June 30 that the nation's armed forces would no longer disciminate against openly transgender service members and would accept new openly transgender soldiers within the year. From a podium at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter laid out the steps the American military would take over the next year to transition its medical services and prepare for the new recruits. (Natalie Fertig / McClatchy) …
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