Hot off a victory in the US Supreme Court, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the military services to go to full speed in discharging transgender members of the Armed Forces; see Breaking: Supreme Court Hands Down Momentous Decision on Transgenders in the Military – RedState. In a terse statement released on X, Hegseth said, “After a SCOTUS victory for @POTUS, TRANS is out at the DOD.”
After a SCOTUS victory for @POTUS, TRANS is out at the DOD. pic.twitter.com/4WkEhSS3dL
— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) May 8, 2025
The Department of Defense is moving along three tracks. Servicemembers who self-identified as transgender before the original March 26 deadline (see Pentagon Orders Discharge of Transgenders – RedState) will be eligible for separation pay, and they are to be immediately processed for discharge. They will be…
