President Trump’s recent announcement to reverse the Obama policy allowing transgender people to serve in the military, takes the world power off a scanty list of countries that allow individuals to serve in the armed forces regardless of what gender they choose to be identified as.

These are the countries that still allow transgender troops in military service;

1. Netherlands
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Australia
5. Sweden
6. Canada
7. Czech Republic
8. Israel
9. Bolivia
10. Thailand
11. Spain
12. Austria
13. Finland
14. Germany
15. Belgium
16. Estonia
17. France
18. United Kingdom

Netherlands became the first country to grant transgender people the right to serve in the military in any capacity in 1974.