<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">US President Donald Trump has issued orders to ban most transgender people from serving in the military except under limited circumstances. This follows Mr Trump's last year's controversial proposal that sparked a widespread backlash by LGBT rights groups.</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">In his memorandum, Mr Trump said, those transgenders who are already in the military will be allowed to continue with their service.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">In August last year, the US government had barred transgender people from the armed forces, but it was blocked in court two months later.</div>