Gender-diverse Australian sailors barred from US submarines despite Aukus deal, documents reveal
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Defence briefing released under freedom of information laws shows ADF beholden to US directives when in training
A high-ranking member of the Australian navy says it would be ‘very difficult’ to put a gender-diverse navy recruit into US training due to American policies prohibiting transgender service personnel. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAPA high-ranking member of the Australian navy says it would be ‘very difficult’ to put a gender-diverse navy recruit into US training due to American policies prohibiting transgender service personnel. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAPGender-diverse Australian sailors barred from US submarines despite Aukus deal, documents reveal