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The Pentagon's recent announcement that it is moving to allow transgender men and women to enlist openly- perhaps as early as next year-signaled a transformative moment for the armed forces. But to photojournalist Deni Ellis Béchard, the emphasis on the military's future conveniently neglected its past: the transgender veterans who have served in all U.S. wars, but who often felt, and continue to feel, dismissed and marginalized.
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles estimate that some 15,000 active-duty service members, reservists,...