Joe Biden signs order reversing Trump’s transgender military ban

It immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.

President Joe Biden meets with secretary of defence Lloyd Austin (AP /Evan Vucci)

President Joe Biden has signed an order reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the US military.

The new order, which Mr Biden signed in the Oval Office during a meeting with defence secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by former president Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office.