Pentagon orders immediate stop to gender-affirming care for transgender troops

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Pentagon orders immediate stop to gender-affirming care for transgender troops

In an escalation of the Trump administration’s war on

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Americans, the Pentagon has once again

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, just weeks after briefly reinstating it under court order. According to a memo

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Reuters, the Defense Department is now moving forward with a complete rollback of care for troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria, as it prepares to forcibly discharge those who do not voluntarily resign by June 6.

The decision, signed by acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Stephen Ferrara, comes despite a federal court’s preliminary injunction issued in April that

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and other medically necessary treatment. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the injunction and ruled in Shilling v. United States that the Trump administration could proceed with its ban on transgender service members while at least two legal challenges proceed. The Pentagon began implementing its ban immediately.

The about-face follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s inflammatory public statements targeting transgender troops and his ultimatum to resign during

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