Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced on Tuesday that the Pentagon was adding sexual orientation to the Defense Department’s equal opportunity policy — a step long sought by advocates for gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members.
While detailing the “critical” need for the military to “start from a position of inclusivity, not exclusivity,” however, the defense secretary made no direct mention of the other big issue pending for attendees of the LGBT pride month event at the Pentagon: out transgender military service.
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