--- title: President Donald Trump Bans Transgenders From Military description: The decision contradicts a promise he made during his campaign to fight for the LGBT community. canonical: https://time.com/4874311/donald-trump-transgender-military/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-26T14:11:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:44:08.018Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Promised to 'Fight' for 'LGBT Community' Before Ban og:description: Trump now says transgender Americans will be blocked from military service og:url: https://time.com/4874311/donald-trump-transgender-military/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87d992ccdce7c153/6988d73efb4eac080d893125/gettyimages-822537502.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump And Lebanese PM Hariri Deliver Joint Statements At White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Promised to 'Fight' for 'LGBT Community' Before Ban twitter:description: Trump now says transgender Americans will be blocked from military service twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87d992ccdce7c153/6988d73efb4eac080d893125/gettyimages-822537502.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Promised to 'Fight' for 'LGBT Community.' 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Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jul 26, 2017 2:11 PM UTC President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. government will not allow transgender individuals to [serve in the military](http://time.com/4874255/donald-trump-transgender-military-cant-serve/) “in any capacity,” reversing a 2016 decision made under President Obama. But the decision contradicts a promise Trump made during his campaign to support the LGBT community. “I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedom and beliefs,” Trump wrote in June 14, 2016 tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742771576039460864) The message came just weeks before then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that transgender people could [openly serve](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/us/transgender-military.html) in the armed forces. The Pentagon [recently announced a six-month delay](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/us/pentagon-delays-transgender-recruits.html) on that rule change. Trump’s tweet also came two days after the [Pulse nightclub shooting](http://time.com/4432873/pulse-nightclub-memorial-orlando-shooting/) in Orlando, Florida, where 49 people were killed at a nightclub serving predominantly LGBTQ patrons. Trump’s 2016 tweet immediately began re-circulating on Twitter after he announced the new transgender ban. > [](https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/890200482324639745) > [](https://twitter.com/TheBradMielke/status/890199925853761537) > [](https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/890197516368654337) Caitlyn Jenner, who [told CNN’s Don Lemon](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/entertainment/caitlyn-jenner-interview-don-lemon/index.html) in April that she had voted for Trump, quoted the tweet, [writing on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Caitlyn%5FJenner/status/890254837257981952), “there are 15,000 patriotic transgender Americans in the US military fighting for all of us. 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