Late on Friday, March 23, the Trump administration announced a new-ish ban on transgender people serving in the military. But in reality, there’s not much difference between this one and the ban he announced via twitter back in summer 2017.

The new policy disqualifies transgender members “with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria—individuals who the policies state may require substantial medical treatment, including medications and surgery,” except under limited circumstances. Those circumstances of exemption are for members who are “stable for 36 months in their biological sex prior to accession,” service members who “do not require a change of gender,” and troops who started service under the Obama administration.

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