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littlemissmartypants

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Fri May 16, 2025, 11:42 AM Friday

Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out

Military ordered to identify troops with “symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria” to kick outThe service branches were told to get ready to start kicking trans people out in June.

By Alex Bollinger Friday, May 16, 2025

The military has been ordered to identify troops who either have or may have gender dysphoria, the psychological term for the distress caused by one’s gender identity and sex assigned at birth not being the same. The goal is to get started on forcing transgender people out of the military ahead of the June 6 date set by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to start the purge.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the administration could start forcing transgender people out of the military, while several legal challenges to the trans military ban are being heard by lower courts. Hegseth then said that transgender service members would have until June 6 (or July 7 for those in the reserves) to voluntarily leave the military and have a chance to keep some of the benefits they accrued in their time in the armed services.

Orders issued yesterday, Advocate reports, will have each branch of the military start identifying transgender people to kick out after June 6. It tells each branch to identify people who have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or “symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria” and review their medical records.

“Commanders who are aware of service members in their units with gender dysphoria, a history of gender dysphoria, or symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria will direct individualized medical record reviews,” the directive says. It also reaffirms that gender-affirming care is banned for transgender active-duty members of the military.
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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/military-ordered-to-identify-troops-with-symptoms-consistent-with-gender-dysphoria-to-kick-out/


Is it possible this could be used as a blueprint? A "how to" for marginalization? Military members are not the only Americans and American residents who have their medical records maintained by the government.



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Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Friday OP
This is totally sickening to me. These are good upstanding people who want to serve their country... wcmagumba Friday #1
A Female With Facial Hair Deep State Witch Friday #2
Trust your comrades yankee87 Friday #3

wcmagumba

(3,907 posts)
1. This is totally sickening to me. These are good upstanding people who want to serve their country...
Fri May 16, 2025, 11:59 AM
Friday
t-rump sux....

Deep State Witch

(11,796 posts)
2. A Female With Facial Hair
Fri May 16, 2025, 12:07 PM
Friday

Okay, so a female military member who has chin hairs due to PCOS, bad genes, or whatever can now be tagged as having "gender dysphoria"?

yankee87

(2,552 posts)
3. Trust your comrades
Fri May 16, 2025, 12:52 PM
Friday

This is going to help in unit cohesion. Sounds so much like political commissars in the USSR.

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