Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order
Source: Le Monde with AP
Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who issued the latest memo, made his views clear after the court’s decision: 'No More Trans @ DoD,' he wrote in a post on X.
Le Monde with AP
Published today at 12:14 am (Paris)
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The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify, under a new directive issued Thursday, May 8.
Buoyed by Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender individuals in the military, the Defense Department will then begin going through medical records to identify others who haven’t come forward.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who issued the latest memo, made his views clear after the court’s decision.
"No More Trans @ DoD," Hegseth wrote in a post on X. Earlier in the day, before the court acted, Hegseth was more blunt, telling a conference that his department is leaving wokeness and weakness behind. "No more pronouns," he told a special operations forces conference in Tampa.
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The Associated Press
May 8, 2025, 6:46 PM
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens during a meeting with Peru's Foreign Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer and Peru's Minister of Defense Walter Astudillo at the Pentagon, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)(AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday.
Buoyed by Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender individuals in the military, the Defense Department will begin going through medical records to identify others who haven’t come forward.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who issued the latest memo, made his views clear after the court’s decision.
“No More Trans @ DoD,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X. Earlier in the day, before the court acted, Hegseth said that his department is leaving wokeness and weakness behind.
“No more pronouns,” he told a special operations forces conference in Tampa. “No more dudes in dresses. We’re done with that s—.”
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I served when just the rumor that a serviceman was gay would land you an 'other than honorable'. God only knows how many deaths it led to.
I think of that sometimes, when I'm putting flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day.
