The military will begin enforcing President Donald Trump's restrictions on transgender troops on April 12, according to a Pentagon memo, which drew rebukes from Democratic lawmakers and civil rights advocates who decried the change as bigoted.
The memo stipulates that a history of gender dysphoria would disqualify applicants to the military unless they have been stable in their biological sex for 36 months, are willing to abide by the rules for that sex, and have not transitioned and do not need to in the view of medical providers.
Those who were already in the military or under contract to join before the start date will fall under the 2016 policy enacted by the Obama administration.