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On Dec. 8, 2014, the military-themed satire site Duffel Blog published an article positing that the U.S. Army had welcomed its first group of openly transgender military working dogs. The article re-surfaced for unknown reasons in early 2020. This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: The satirical story was published in 2014, during the presidential administration of Barack Obama, amid discussions about allowing transgender military members to serve openly. It's unclear why the article surfaced again in early 2020, but Obama's successor, Donald Trump, reversed course on the issue and abruptly announced via Twitter that transgender troops would no longer be allowed to serve. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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