D19 DoD Transgender Policy (Opposing the Transgender Ban) Reissued

On March 12, 2019 the Department of Defense issued the Directive-type Memorandum (DTM)-19-004 - Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria. The President of the Society for Military Psychology commissioned a review of the memorandum.The transgender policy directed by this memorandum was reviewed by the Society of Military Psychology Diversity Committee in conjunction with other members of the Society familiar with behavioral health areas and readiness concerns. The Society's Presidential Trio reviewed this group’s findings and the memorandum. The Society’s previous statement, opposing the transgender ban, issued on July 28, 2017, has been reissued on April 5, 2019 and is included as an attachment.
            
Respectfully, 
Stephen Bowles, PhD
DIV19 President 
 
Mark Staal, PhD
DIV19 Past-President 

Eric Surface, PhD
DIV19 President-Elect 
 
Wyatt Evans, PhD
Chair, Diversity Committee

APA also reaffirmed its opposition to the transgender ban. ​