Pentagon Plans to Expel Transgender Troops from Military in Expansion of Trump's Trans Service Ban
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The Pentagon has revealed a new plan to identify and remove transgender service members from the military. A senior Defense Department official outlined the new policy in a memo, which reads, "Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service," according to CNN . The memo instructs each military branch to identify trans service members within 30 days and "begin separation actions" no more than 30 days after that, reports. Exceptions will only be...
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