<p>Transgender people will be allowed for the first time to enlist in the U.S. military starting on
Monday as ordered by federal courts, the Pentagon said on Friday, after President Donald Trump's administration decided not to appeal rulings that blocked his transgender ban. Two federal appeals courts, one in Washington and one in Virginia, last week rejected
the administration's request to put on hold orders by lower court judges requiring the military to begin accepting transgender recruits on Jan. 1.</p> |