Latest news from Palm Center on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/palm-center-former-surgeon-general-faults-militarys-transgender-ban/?sc=rsin /articles/palm-center-former-surgeon-general-faults-militarys-transgender-ban/?sc=rsin Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:00:00 EST A commission co-chaired by a former US Surgeon General released a report today concluding that the Pentagon's ban on transgender military service is not based on sound medical reasoning, according to the Associated Press. In one of the first and most detailed assessments of the basis and impact of the current policy, the Transgender Military Service Commission examined all medical and psychological aspects of transgender military service, and found inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the Pentagon's rationale for the exclusionary policy, which remains in affect despite the scrapping of "don't ask, don't tell." Palm Center