Biden signs executive order reversing Trump's ban on transgender service members

President Biden signs an executive order allowing transgender individuals to serve openly in the US military, reversing Trump's 2017 ban. The order directs the Defense Department and Homeland Security to end any policies preventing transgender people from serving. It is among the first-week actions Biden promised during his campaign. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, newly confirmed as the first Black Defense Secretary, is directed to implement the policy immediately.