Pentagon Stopping Gender Transition Treatment For Transgender Troops

The Pentagon is ending gender modulation curen for transgender troops, according to a caller memo, arsenic officials move to enforce President Donald Trump's scheme to footwear transgender troops retired of nan U.S. military.

Under nan instructions, nan Defense Department is prohibiting immoderate caller hormone treatments aliases surgical procedures for transgender troops, according to nan memo, Reuters reported.

"I americium directing you to return nan basal steps to instantly instrumentality this guidance," Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Stephen Ferrara wrote successful nan memo.

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The Pentagon is ending gender modulation curen for transgender troops. (Reuters)

One transgender work personnel described nan move arsenic "the latest slap successful nan face" to honorably serving troops.

"If location was immoderate uncertainty left, location is not anymore: transgender work members are nary longer entitled to nan aforesaid modular of aesculapian attraction arsenic their peers," nan work personnel told Reuters, speaking connected information of anonymity retired of fearfulness of being targeted.

Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed his guidance to gender modulation curen for transgender troops erstwhile he re-posted an article connected X that said nan Pentagon would resume treatments for transgender troops and their dependents.

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Under nan instructions, nan Defense Department is prohibiting immoderate caller hormone treatments aliases surgical procedures for transgender troops. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

"If this is existent - we will find immoderate measurement imaginable to extremity it," Hegseth wrote. "Taxpayers should NEVER salary for this lunacy."

Since being confirmed arsenic Pentagon chief, Hegseth has embraced efforts to destruct diverseness initiatives, peculiarly those applying to transgender troops.

Last week, nan U.S. Supreme Court gave nan greenish ray for nan Trump management to instrumentality its prohibition connected transgender troops successful nan military, allowing nan Defense Department to discharge thousands of existent transgender troops and contradict caller recruits arsenic ineligible challenges against nan move proceed to play retired successful court.

As Pentagon chief, Hegseth has embraced efforts to destruct diverseness initiatives. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

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A memo released past week revealed that Hegseth issued instructions to statesman kicking retired transgender troops who do not voluntarily time off by June 6.

Trump had signed an executive bid successful January soon aft returning to nan White House that reversed a Biden management argumentation that had allowed transgender troops to serve.

Officials person said location are 4,240 U.S. active-duty and National Guard transgender troops, though immoderate transgender authorities advocates opportunity nan number whitethorn beryllium moreover higher.

Reuters contributed to this report.