Pentagon leaders are expected to announce this week that they will try to lift the ban on transgender individuals in the military, senior officials told The Associated Press. Scrapping the transgender ban would end "one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service." After this week's announcement, there will be a six-month period for the Pentagon to assess the plan, during which transgender individuals will still not be able to join the military.
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