The US Army will alter the records of transgender soldiers to show only their sex at birth, according to internal guidance seen by Reuters that details a series of steps it will take as it pushes them out of the service.<\/p>\n
\u201cCommanders will take immediate measures to update personnel records and administrative systems to reflect biological sex for all individuals,\u201d the 14-page memo stated.<\/p>\n
The Army considered a person\u2019s sex to be \u201cunchanging during a person\u2019s life,\u201d it said, echoing a February 26 Pentagon memo.<\/p>\n
The Army document illustrates how President Donald Trump\u2019s administration intends to treat thousands of transgender troops after the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling this month cleared the way for the Pentagon to implement a ban on their service.<\/p>\n
Reuters first reported on May 8 the Pentagon\u2019s plans to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6 On May 12, it detailed plans to halt gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops.<\/p>\n
The Army could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n
The Army\u2019s latest memo detailed other steps beyond the records change to reflect the soldier\u2019s sex at birth, alterations it said would be carried out by the Army\u2019s Human Resources Command.<\/p>\n
The Army document said that pronoun use when referring to individuals \u201cmust reflect their biological sex.\u201d \u201cIn keeping with good order and discipline, salutations (e.g., addressing a senior officer as \u201csir\u201d or \u201cma\u2019am \u201c),\u201d the document stated.<\/p>\n
It also stated that access to \u201cintimate spaces\u201d will be determined by an individual\u2019s biological sex.<\/p>\n
\u201cCommanders will ensure all such shared intimate spaces will be clearly designated for either male, female, or family use,\u201d the document stated.<\/p>\n
There are 4,240 US active-duty and National Guard transgender troops, officials have said. Transgender rights advocates have given higher estimates.<\/p>\n
The directives coming out are vindictive and aggressive. At the same time, they are being issued in a chaotic way that undoubtedly is harming military readiness,\u201c said Jennifer Levi, a senior director at the pro-LGBTQ legal group GLAD Law.<\/p>\n
Trump signed an executive order in January, after returning to the presidency, that reversed a policy implemented under his predecessor Joe Biden that had allowed transgender troops to serve openly.<\/p>\n
A Gallup poll published in February found that 58 per cent of Americans favoured allowing openly transgender individuals to serve in the military, but the support had declined from 71pc in 2019.<\/p>\n
A former Fox News host, Hegseth has embraced conservative stances on culture war issues, including eliminating diversity initiatives at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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