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Assessing the Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly

Assessing the Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly

Amii M. Kress, Kayla M. Williams, Srikanth Kadiyala, Charles C. Engel, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Jennifer Kavanagh, Radha Iyengar — 2016
The U.S. Department of Defense is considering a change in policy to allow transgender military personnel to serve openly. A RAND study examined the health care needs of transgender personnel, the costs of gender transition–related care, and the potential readiness implications of a policy change. The experiences of foreign militaries that permit transgender service members to serve openly also point to some best practices for U.S. policymakers.
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