FILE PHOTO: People protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he plans to reinstate a ban on transgender people from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military, in Times Square, in New York City, New York, U.S., July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nic Talbott, a transgender man, was driving his truck in Chicago when his phone started buzzing in July 2017. With just over 50 words on Twitter, his dream to join the military seemed to have been destroyed.
President Donald Trump had tweeted that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve in the military, saying the armed forces needed to focus on "decisive and overwhelming victory," overturning a landmark decision made by his predecessor Barack Obama.
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