Protesting Trump’s military transgender ban

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in New York City, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco to protest President Donald Trump‘s ban on transgender service members in the military.

The protests came just hours after Trump announced the ban on Twitter.

“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military,” tweeted the president, who said on the campaign trail that he supported the rights of LGBTQ Americans. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.”

The president did not specify what the ban would mean for currently serving transgender soldiers. (GMA)

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