Defense Minister Pete Hegsetth launched a ban on allowing transgender people to join the army late last week, after the president’s directive Donald Trump.
Memorial of February 7, and signed by the Minister of Defense says: “Immediately enter into force, all new approaches to individuals with the history of gender dysphoria have been paused.”
“All scheduled, unplanned or planned medical procedures associated with confirmation or facilitating gender transition for service members paused.”
The memo also says that members of the service with gender dysforia “voluntarily served our country and that they will be treated with dignity and respect.”
But the memorandum was not unclear what would happen to those who are currently in the military and identify as a gender different from the one who was assigned at birth, delegating responsibility for the secretary for staff and willingness to provide guidelines for politics and implementation for active services with active services with gender dysphoria of gender dysphoria.
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Pentagon could not immediately get a comment on the status of current transgender service members.
Defense Minister of Defense Hegsetth launched a ban on allowing transgender people to join the army late last week, after President Donald Trump’s directive. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
During the Military City Hall on Friday, Hegsetth was inserted into the initiatives for diversity, equality and inclusion (Dei).
“I think an individual is the dumbest phrase in military history:” Our diversity is our strength. “I think our strength is our unity,” he said.
Hegsetth continued: “Our power is our common purpose, regardless of our background, no matter how we grew up, no matter our gender, regardless of our race. In this department we will treat everyone toward everyone, to everyone We will treat everyone with respect for respect, and we will judge you as an individual to your merit and according to your dedication to the team and mission. “
At the end of last month, Pentagon declared the months of identity, including the Month of Black History and the Month of Women’s History, “dead” within the DOD -Ai said he would not use resources for their celebration.
The executive command that Trump signed last month required Hegsetth to update medical standards to ensure that they “give the priority of willingness and deadly” and take measures to “end the use of fictional and identification pronouns” within the DOD.
He says that the expression of a “gender identity” of different from the sex of the individual does not satisfy military standards at birth.
The command also limits sleep, change and bathing with biological sex. It is not a immediate ban, but a direction for the secretary to conduct such policies.
Abolishes the former president Joe Biden’s The executive command for which the White House claims to “have enabled special circumstances to accommodate a” gender identity “in the army – at the expense of military readiness and cohesion of the unit.”
Pentagon has declared an identity for months, including the month of black history and the month of women’s history, the “dead” within the DOD -Ai said that he would not use resources to celebrate. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
The categorical ban on transgender services members was abolished in 2014 under the President Barack Obama.
It is estimated that 9,000 to 14,000 members of transgender services – accurate data are not publicly available.
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Between January 1, 2016 and May 14, 2021, Dod allegedly spent approximately $ 15 million on the provision of transgender treatments (surgical and non -hyious) at 1,892 active services, according to the congress research service.
