The US Army will alter the records of transgender soldiers to show only their sex at birth, according to the internal guide seen by Reuters That details a series of steps that it will take, since it pushes them from the service.
“The commanders will take immediate measures to update personnel records and administrative systems to reflect biological sex for all people,” said the 14 -page memorandum.
The army considered that the sex of a person is “immutable during a person’s life,” he said, echoing a memorandum of the February 26 pentagon.
The army document illustrates how the administration of President Donald Trump intends to treat thousands of transgender troops after the ruling of the Supreme Court of this month clarified the way for the Pentagon to implement a prohibition of its service.
Reuters First, on May 8, Pentagon’s plans to begin to expel the transgender troops that do not choose to leave before June 6 on May 12 on May 12, he detailed the plans to stop the medical care that gender for transgender troops affirms.
The army could not be contacted immediately to comment.
The last memory of the army detailed other steps beyond the change of records to reflect the sex of the soldier at birth, the alterations he said would be carried out by the Army Human Resources Command.
The army document said that the use of pronoun when referring to people “must reflect their biological sex.” “According to good order and discipline, greetings (for example, address a superior officer as” Lord “or” Mrs. “),” the document said.
He also declared that access to “intimate spaces” will be determined by the biological sex of an individual.
“The commanders will ensure that all these shared intimate spaces are clearly designated for male, female or family use,” the document said.
There are 4,240 transgender active service troops and the US National Guard, the authorities said. Transgender rights defenders have given higher estimates.
The directives that come out are vindictive and aggressive. At the same time, they are chaoticly broadcasting that, without a doubt, it is damaging military preparation, “said Jennifer Levi, principal director of the pro-LGBTQ legal group, Glad Law.
Trump signed an executive order in January, after returning to the presidency, which reversed a policy implemented under his predecessor Joe Biden that had allowed transgender troops to serve openly.
A Gallup survey published in February discovered that 58 percent of Americans favored allowing transgender people to openly serve in the army, but support had decreased since 71 % of the sale in 2019.
An ex Fox News Host, Hegseth has adopted conservative positions on cultural warmes, including the elimination of diversity initiatives in the pentagon.
