The US military has around 30 days to identify and remove transgender service members following President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender individuals from serving the military. Under the order, the service is to establish procedures to identify the troops diagnosed or treated as gender discomfort By March 26th And within 30 days they will begin to remove those troops from service.
According to senior officials, about 4,200 units are currently diagnosed with gender discomfort. Officials also added a total of $52 million. It was used For psychotherapy, hormone therapy to maintain gender, surgery to maintain gender, and other treatments for service members from 2015 to 2024.
at the moment, About 2.1 million troops provide services.
Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses intend to remove them, claiming that their medical condition does not meet military standards.
“Constraints on medical, surgical and mental health for individuals whose gender discomfort has a current diagnosis or history or exhibits matching symptoms are not compatible with the high mental and physical standards required for military service,” official Defence Secretary Darrin Selnick said in a memo sent Thursday to leaders of the defense department.
It declares that gender is “unchanging and unchanging during a person's life” and that the lethality and integrity of the military is “inconsistent” with the experience of the transgender military in light of the transition to a chosen gender.
However, the policy has been challenged in court by six transgender members, raising concerns about the treatment of transgender service members. Associated Press Report.
“All of a sudden you I'm going It's necessary to get yourself out. Sarah Warbellow, vice president of legal affairs for the Human Rights Campaign, needs to kick you out if you have a close friend in the military who knows you are trans under this new leadership, if you know you are trans under this new leadership, you will be asked to kick you out. They are necessary -If you are a trans woman, they should start calling you “he” and “sir.”
According to Warbello, the military It's being forced Determine “while violating your friend's safety and direct orders.” She added that trans military members may also feel pressured to self-identify. Otherwise, if they choose not to move forward, they could face consequences.
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It was originally published on February 28, 2025.
