Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announces that the military will lift its ban on transgender troops during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, June 30, 2016.
“This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force,” Carter said in a statement. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announces that the military will lift its ban on transgender troops during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, June 30, 2016.
“This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force,” Carter said in a statement. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
