{"id":16700,"date":"2018-03-26T19:43:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T19:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:28:35","slug":"mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declined to answer questions Monday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/07\/26\/trump-says-transgender-troops-cant-serve-in-the-military\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Pentagon\u2019s new transgender policy,<\/a> citing ongoing litigation that could make all of the department\u2019s changes moot anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight now, because these are matters under litigation, I\u2019m not going to discuss them further,\u201d Mattis said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late Friday night the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/24\/here-is-the-mattis-guidance-and-pentagon-study-behind-trump-transgender-decision\/\">White House released a memo <\/a>from President Donald Trump amending his original July tweets and an August 2017 White House memo on the issue, which had directed a ban on all transgender service in the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump announced Friday night that instead, his administration\u2019s policy would align with Mattis\u2019 recommendations. Those recommendations allow some transgender personnel to stay, while forcing others out, and threatened to expel transgender service members currently grandfathered in, if the exemptions are used to further challenge the new policy in the courts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/24\/here-is-the-mattis-guidance-and-pentagon-study-behind-trump-transgender-decision\/\">In that memo <\/a>Mattis also recommended that personnel diagnosed with gender dysphoria not be allowed to serve in the military, unless they were among those personnel grandfathered in because they are already serving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis defined gender dysphoria as a condition where the person is uncomfortable in their biological sex to the point of experiencing distress or impaired functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s a problem, said Palm Center director Aaron Belkin, because the diagnosis of \u201cgender dysphoria\u201d is used far beyond those service members who are in distress. The center studies lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in the military. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/02\/26\/dod-first-openly-transgender-recruit-has-signed-contract\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lgbt-flag-transgender-military.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">First openly transgender recruit signs military service contract<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The first openly transgender recruit has passed both the physical and medical exams and signed a military service contract, DoD confirmed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany people get gender dysphoria wrong,\u201d Belkin said, \u201cOne of the most important people that got it wrong is Secretary Mattis in that report.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belkin said the clinical term is used for any transgender person seeking to transition to their preferred sex, and most of those people are not in distress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey have to have the diagnosis\u201d of gender dysphoria to get any treatment, Belkin said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis also recommended that personnel who have undergone gender reassignment surgery not be allowed to serve; and that transgender personnel who are able to serve in their biological sex be allowed to remain. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belkin said Mattis\u2019 new memo would be akin to the 1990\u2019s policy of \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell,\u201d and force future service members into silence, which could still be risky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s say you are willing to serve as a happy, silent, transgender person who doesn\u2019t say a thing about who you really are,\u201d Belkin said. The new policy \u201cis still a danger for you,\u201d Belkin said, because if that service member is somehow discovered to be transgender, and then seeks any medical or stress assistance, a doctor could tie it to gender dysphoria and make the service member ineligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new policy raised numerous questions, and is likely to be challenged in ongoing litigation that has already struck down other aspects of Trump\u2019s transgender ban, said Shannon Minter, with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which is representing transgender clients in two of the four federal cases challenging the ban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve already been seeking the information on what this so-called study consisted of,\u201d Minter said, referring to the study Mattis directed last June on whether transgender service would impact readiness. The 44-page study released with the new policy referred to other outside organization studies and internal deliberations, but does not cite its own gathered evidence. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a cobbled-together, after-the-fact spurious so-called study,\u201d Minter said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday the Pentagon cancelled its regular media briefing and declined to make subject matter experts available to discuss the new transgender policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis was questioned about the new policy at a media event welcoming Indonesia\u2019s minister of foreign affairs to the Pentagon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the statements stand on their own right now, and I don\u2019t need to waste our guest\u2019s time reiterating what\u2019s already down,\u201d Mattis said in response to follow-up questions seeking details about how service members will be affected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/24\/here-is-the-mattis-guidance-and-pentagon-study-behind-trump-transgender-decision\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">accompanying study<\/a> that 8,980 service members who identify as transgender were currently serving, and that 937 of those were diagnosed with gender dysphoria. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New directive leaves unanswered questions on transgender military service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":38615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":65,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,12,26,65],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3342],"class_list":["post-16700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-navy"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"7XBULBHRGVDZXDGJTTHIJOWLFQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New directive leaves unanswered questions on transgender military service.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New directive leaves unanswered questions on transgender military service.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-26T19:43:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T05:28:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tara Copp, AP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tara Copp, AP\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-03-26T19:43:40+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T05:28:35+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 674,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"News\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\",\n\t                \"Your Navy\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy - Navy Times\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-03-26T19:43:40+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T05:28:35+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"New directive leaves unanswered questions on transgender military service.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/26\\\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"News\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"news\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Your Navy\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/news\\\/your-navy\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"your-navy\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 4,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Navy Times\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Navy Times\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/navy-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/navy-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Navy Times\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/navytimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy - Navy Times","description":"New directive leaves unanswered questions on transgender military service.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy","og_description":"New directive leaves unanswered questions on transgender military service.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/","og_site_name":"Navy Times","article_published_time":"2018-03-26T19:43:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T05:28:35+00:00","author":"Tara Copp, AP","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tara Copp, AP","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy","datePublished":"2018-03-26T19:43:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T05:28:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/"},"wordCount":674,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","News","Newsletters","Your Navy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/","name":"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy - Navy Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-26T19:43:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T05:28:35+00:00","description":"New directive leaves unanswered questions on transgender military service.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/26\/mattis-pentagon-quiet-on-new-transgender-policy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/","ad_zone":"news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Your Navy","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/","ad_zone":"your-navy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Mattis, Pentagon quiet on new transgender policy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","name":"Navy Times","description":"Independent News For Sailors | Navy Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#organization","name":"Navy Times","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/navy-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/navy-logo-white.png","caption":"Navy Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Navy Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18038687407475.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92020,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16700\/revisions\/92020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16700"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}