The US Army On Friday said it was no longer possible to add transgender people to his ranks and would stop “performing or facilitating” the operations of sexual change.
The announcement came days after Defense minister Pete Hegseeth has banned a ban on transgender people who join the army.
“Immediately in force, all new accessions for persons with a history of gender dysphoria are paused and all unplanned, planned or planned medical procedures in connection with confirming or facilitating a gender crossing for service members are paused,” a army post about X states.
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A drill Sergeant looks over recruits at the US Army Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. The army announced on Friday that it did not allow transgender people. (US Army Fort Leonard Wood)
The military branch also said that people with “gender dysphoria have presented themselves to serve our country and be treated with dignity and respect.”
The command of Hegseeth is part of an attempt to reform the army By putting an end to diversity, fairness and inclusion (dei) initiatives and concentrating on readiness and deadliness.
“Our strength is our shared goal, regardless of our background, regardless of how we grew up, regardless of our gender, regardless of our race,” he said last week during a town hall. “In this department we will treat everyone equally, we will treat everyone with respect and we will judge you as an individual through your merit and through your dedication to the team and the mission.”
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseeth delivers a press statement after a meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Friday in Warsaw, Poland. (Omar Marques/Getty images)
In response to the military prohibition, 20 state lawyers -general a “friend of the court” submitted to support a lawsuit aimed at blocking the execution of the executive command of President Donald Trump that forbids transgender people to in the army serve.
“The constant attacks of this administration on our very small percentage of transgender Americans, an increasingly vulnerable population, is cruel and wrong,” said Massachusett’s attorney -general Andrea Joy Campbell. “I respect everyone, including our trans service members, who put their lives at stake to protect us and our country.
“This latest attack on Trans Service members flies to the so-called respect of the administration for our army, our veterans and their service.”
De coalitie omvat de procureur -generaal van Californië, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington en Wisconsin.
In a separate position on X, the army said “dei is dead” within the organization and that soldiers were forced to leave for refusing a Covid vaccine were welcome back with a ride wage.
Members of the Army National Guard in formation. (US Army National Guard photo by SPC. Matthew A. Foster)
When he took office, Trump signed An executive order that said that identifying with a sex that was not assigned at birth, “is not consistent with the humility and selflessness that is required from a service member.”
There are an estimated 9,000 to 14,000 transgender -service members. Exact figures are not publicly available.
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Between 1 January 2016 and 14 May 2021, the Ministry of Defense reportedly spent around $ 15 million on the provision of transgender treatments-surgical and non-surgical-to 1,892 active service members, according to the conference research service.
