LGBTQ+, Military Senator Wyden Statement on Allowing Openly Transgender People to Serve in the Military by Press on June 30, 2016 Press Author More in LGBTQ+: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Christianity has long revered saints who would be called ‘transgender’ today May 28, 2025 Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees August 1, 2024 Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Department of Defense announced it will lift its ban on allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military: