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Paratroopers in training land in a dusty field at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, February 1962.
Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic

A German shepherd is accepted for sentry duty by the Coast Guard, January 1941.Photograph by J. Baylor Roberts, National Geographic

Vox​reminds us that despite all the recent progress the transgender community has made — on health care,Medicare, and discrimination in education and the federal workplace — the military has not been so accommodating. The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell didn’t end the ban on transgender soldiers, who can be ejected from the military without a medical review, regardless of their ability to serve. Transgender soldiers also can’t access the military health system to get the care they need. For more on their plight, see this recent report from the Palm Center think tank at San Francisco State University.