The Pentagon has given transgender airmen currently serving in the Air Force and Space Force until March 26 to resign voluntarily.
This from slaynews.com.
Trans personnel were told that individuals with gender dysphoria are:
[I]ncompatible with the high mental and physical standards necessary for military service.
The notice was revealed in a memorandum filed Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as part of Talbott v. Trump.
Talbott v. Trump is one of the first lawsuits filed against President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting transgender troops from serving in the military.
The lawsuit was filed by GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Service members eligible for voluntary separation pay will be paid at a rate that is twice the amount for which the service member would have been eligible under involuntary separation pay.
Cross-sex hormone treatments will continue for service members who have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria that began before a separate memo issued last week. However, those treatments will end when the “separation is complete.”
The memo notes that the decision to allow treatments to continue temporarily was made under the direction of a Department of Defense medical provider “in order to prevent further complications.”
Nevertheless, transgender service members are now required to adhere to conduct matching their biological sex, “effective immediately.”
Troops are now prohibited from “identifying” as a gender that differs from their biological sex, including in showers, bathrooms, and living quarters, until their withdrawal is completed.
Physical dress and fitness standards must also match service members’ biological sex, the memorandum states.
Last week’s internal Pentagon memo states that service members who are transgender or otherwise exhibit gender dysphoria are prohibited from military service unless they obtain an exemption.
In a Monday statement, attorney Jennifer Levi of Glad Law blasted the memo, saying:
The Air Force memo is consistent with this purge of highly accomplished, dedicated transgender service members.
Further:
It is shameful.
And:
The memo also demonstrates the chaos and havoc being wreaked by this administration in ways that undermine our national security.
The Trump administration’s transgender military ban is currently facing legal challenges, however, the Justice Department filed a complaint against the presiding judge, Ana Reyes, accusing her of potential bias and misconduct.
There are currently a handful of lawsuits specifically challenging Trump’s gender-related executive orders.
God speed to the Trump-Vance team.
