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California congresswoman offers defense bill amendments to repeal bans on transgender service members and Pride flags

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proposed the ban in 2017 via a series of tweets.Speier has also introduced another amendment this year to lift a ban preventing LGBTQ Pride flags from being flown at U.S.

military installations.The congresswoman, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and serves as the Chair of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, typically uses her position to propose amendments to various defense spending or appropriations bills in an effort to repeal Trump-era restrictions on transgender personnel that she believes are discriminatory.Under the current Department of Defense policy, transgender people are prohibited from serving if they have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria or attempt to transition at any point during their service.

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