Pentagon confirms 1,000 transgender service members to begin separation process under new ban

By lauraharris // 2025-05-19

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The Pentagon has begun the voluntary separation of 1,000 service members with gender dysphoria following a recent D.C. Circuit Court ruling.
The military will no longer accept recruits with a current or past gender dysphoria diagnosis and will halt non-medically necessary treatments for active-duty personnel.
Transgender service members seeking to stay must obtain a waiver proving "compelling government interest" and 36 months of psychological stability without transition history. They must also use facilities matching their biological sex.
The Supreme Court allowed the ban to proceed while legal challenges continue. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth supports the policy, calling it critical for military readiness and part of a broader "anti-woke" shift in the military.
Active-duty personnel must self-identify by June 6 for voluntary separation, while reservists have until July 7. Medical records will help enforce compliance.

The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that 1,000 service members who have identified as having gender dysphoria will now begin the voluntary separation process under newly reinstated restrictions barring transgender individuals from military service. The policy, which took effect on May 6 following a recent D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, marks a return to stricter personnel standards first proposed by the Trump administration in 2017. Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell stated that the military will no longer accept recruits with a current or past diagnosis of gender dysphoria and will halt non-medically necessary treatments for active-duty personnel. "Today, the Department will issue guidance to the Military Departments and Services ending the accession of individuals with a current diagnosis or history of, or symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria and all non-medically necessary treatment," said Parnell on May 8. "Approximately 1,000 Service members who have self-identified as being diagnosed with gender dysphoria will begin the voluntary separation process." (Related: Former Space Force officer: WOKE AGENDA weakening, dividing US military.) Under the new guidance, active-duty personnel must self-identify by June 6 to qualify for voluntary separation, reservists, on the other hand, have until July 7 – a 30- and 60-day extension from prior guidance, respectively. Meanwhile, those seeking to remain in service must obtain a waiver proving their retention serves a "compelling government interest" and enhances war-fighting readiness. Waiver applicants must demonstrate no prior gender transition (medical or surgical) and 36 consecutive months of psychological stability without "clinically significant distress." But even with a waiver, transgender personnel would be required to use facilities and titles matching their biological sex, including bathrooms, sleeping quarters and formal address (e.g., "Sir" or "Ma'am"). Tracking gender identity changes in military records may be difficult, but diagnoses of gender dysphoria and related treatments are documented in medical files, making enforcement more straightforward. The policy allows narrow exemptions for new recruits who prove their enlistment directly supports war-fighting needs and current service members who demonstrate no transition history and remain stable in their biological sex for three years.

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The move comes after the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, granted a stay on a lower court's block of the policy, allowing the Pentagon to enforce the ban while legal challenges continue. The majority did not issue an opinion, nor did the dissenting justices. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a staunch supporter of the policy, defended the decision as critical to military readiness. "This is the president's agenda, this is what the American people voted for, and we're going to continue to relentlessly pursue it," Hegseth said in a video statement. He then reiterated this statement on separate occasions. First, in a conservative conference in Florida on May 6, wherein he signaled a broader cultural shift within the military. "No more pronouns, no more climate change obsessions, no more emergency vaccine mandates, no more dudes in dresses," he said. Second, in a memorandum dated May 8, wherein he wrote that "service by individuals with a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibiting symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is not in the best interest of the Military Services and is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security." Wokies.news has more stories about the woke agenda in the military. Watch this InfoWars segment explaining how a woke military proves America is under attack from within.

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