Gender-diverse Australian sailors barred from US submarines despite Aukus deal, documents reveal
The Guardian reports that gender-diverse Australian navy recruits are being prevented from starting careers in nuclear submarines, citing a defence briefing released under freedom of information laws. According to the outlet, the documents show the Australian defence force is beholden to US directives during training. Aukus is effectively forcing the navy to comply with a US ban on transgender people in the military, because such recruits would not be safe training on US boats.
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Gender-diverse Australian sailors barred from US submarines despite Aukus deal, documents reveal
Defence briefing released under freedom of information laws shows ADF beholden to US directives when in training Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Aukus 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-bina
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