The Hill: Trump to sign executive order banning transgender people from military service

[Dennis Donovan]

The Hill Trump to sign executive order banning transgender people from military service

by Brooke Migdon - 01/27/25 11:31 AM ET

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, part of a broader effort to crack down on what his administration has described as “gender insanity” in the federal government.

Trump on Jan. 20, during his first hours in office, revoked an executive order signed by former President Biden in 2021 that allowed transgender people to serve and prevented the military from discharging soldiers because of their gender identity. Trump also signed a sweeping executive order recognizing only two genders, male and female.

Monday’s executive order builds on those efforts, directing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who previously criticized allowing transgender people to serve, to outline new military readiness requirements that state transgender troops are not physically or mentally capable of doing so. It tasks Hegseth with acting against “the use of invented and identification-based pronouns” within the department.

The order also prohibits transgender women from “using or sharing sleeping, changing, or bathing in facilities designated for females.”

A fact sheet for Monday’s executive order refers to transgender Americans as “trans-identifying,” used by some to delegitimize transgender identities. It marks a rightward shift in language around transgender issues from Trump’s first term, when, in most cases, executive actions referred to trans people simply as transgender.

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[tulipsandroses]

1. What's next? Go back to don't ask, don't tell?

We should not be surprised if they try to ban gay people from serving.

[sakabatou]

6. I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Obergefell v. Hodges was overturned.

[ificandream]

7. I think 'Don't ask, don't tell' would be too much for them to handle.

I think anyone who doesn't conform to their strict standards will be on the outs in this administration.

[genxlib]

2. Well

At least there will be millions of young, patriotic Trump fans to fill the ranks of the military.

Right?

Wait? Where did everybody go?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. What the fu k is going to do?

Ban Rep. Sarah McBride from serving in Congress?

This man is SICK, SICK, SICK with his obsession with Transgender men and women.

[Red Mountain]

4. That's about 15,000 people to replace

And only about 225,000 people enter the military per year. (google)

That's going to leave a mark.

[EarlG]

5. Please consider reposting in GD

The Statement of Purpose for this forum (found on the forum’s About page) states in part, “This forum is intended to separate the nonsense that Donald Trump spews on a daily basis from actual Trump Administration policies and actions.”

Your post is about a concrete action by the Trump administration, so it would be more appropriate for a different forum.

I’m letting you know this now because I’ve asked the Forum Hosts not to lock off-topic posts in this forum yet, because it’s new so, people are still trying to figure out what to post where. At some point though, we will start locking off-topic threads.

Thanks