Geoff Bennett and Adam Edelman

 President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order repealing the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military, a ban that former President Donald Trump had put in effect, the White House said. In a statement, the White House said Biden’s order “sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve.” “President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity,” the White House said. Biden’s order “immediately prohibits involuntary separations, discharges, and […]