'I'm Fighting Trump's Transgender Military Ban'

Monday, 3 August 2020 13:30 GMT

Nic Talbott. Photo: Cormac O'Brien / Nic Talbott / Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Nic Talbott is fighting to overturn President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people enlisting in the United States military

Nic Talbott has dreamt of enlisting in the U.S. Army since he was young, but in July 2017, the Trump administration banned transgender people serving openly. This is how he's fighting back.

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