President Donald Trump signed new executive orders restricting openly transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, as well as eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices within the military.
According to the executive order “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness,” the medical, surgical, and mental health constraints on “individuals with gender dysphoria,” and pronouns that inaccurately reflect an individual’s sex are inconsistent with U.S. government policy to “establish high standards for troop readiness, lethality, cohesion, honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity.”
