Gender-diverse Australian sailors barred from US submarines despite Aukus deal, documents reveal
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Guardian Australia · Australia · Oceania
Defence briefing released under freedom of information laws shows ADF beholden to US directives when in trainingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAukus is effectively forcing the Australian navy to comply with a US ban on transgender people in the military with gender-diverse navy recruits prevented from starting a career in nuclear submarines because they would not be safe training on US boats.Internal Australian defence force documents show transgender and non-binary sailors and officers are explicitly banned from Australia’s nuclear submarine training program becaus
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