The Biden administration requires transgender women born biologically male to register for the military draft with the Selective Service.
QUICK FACTS:
- United States policy says that transgender women who were born male must register for the military draft with the Selective Service, while biological women who have become transgender men are not.
- The Selective Service System site reads that almost “all male US citizens and male immigrants, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service.”
- “Individuals who are born female and have changed their gender to male” don’t have to sign up, the site says.
- Although the policy is not new, it gained attention after the Selective Service tweeted Friday, reminding parents their sons must register.
SELECTIVE SERVICE ON ALL BIOLOGICAL MALES REQUIREMENT TO SIGN UP FOR THE DRAFT:
“Parents, if your son is an only son and the last male in your family to carry the family name, he is still required to register with SSS.”
BACKGROUND:
- Last year, the Biden administration announced its support for including all citizens in the draft, as Congress contemplated adding women to a measure in the National Defense Authorization Act that would require they register for the military draft.
- “The administration supports section 513 and the registration requirement for all citizens, which further ensures a military selective system that is fair and just,” the White House said at the time.
- Biden also signed an executive order allowing all able Americans to serve in the military, while the White House cited a study from 2016 that claimed, “open transgender service has had no significant impact on operational effectiveness or unit cohesion in foreign militaries.”
