Pentagon to ban transgender people from joining military, pauses gender transition procedures

The US military will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth filed in court on Monday.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month that took aim at transgender troops in a personal way -- at one point saying that a man identifying as a woman was "not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member."

"Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused," Hegseth said in a memo dated Feb. 7 and filed on Monday with the US District Court in Washington, D.C.

"All unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition for Service members are paused," he said.

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Pentagon to ban transgender people from joining military, pauses gender transition procedures

The US military will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or

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[Margery]

Common sense again!

Stands to reason that an armed forces member taking drugs to change their gender let alone enduring major surgery will have physical side effects that don't allow for optimal performance.

Let alone the problems- both mental and physical that ensue if the person is suddenly taken off the estrogen or testosterone to maintain their new identity in a war situation where access to needed Rx is sketchy.

If they want to do that, they should get a different job, and then pay for it themselves.