Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has directed the military to stop recruiting transgender people and to suspend any gender-affirming medical treatments for current servicemembers diagnosed with gender dysphoria as part of his implementation of Donald Trump’s executive order banning trans people from the military.

Pete Hegseth has implemented a ban on trans people signing up to serve in the US military. The secretary of defence signed the ban, which prevents those with a “history of gender dysphoria” from entering the armed forces,

Pete Hegseth directs military to pause gender-affirming care for transgender service members - Defense Secretary’s memo follows Trump’s executive order paving the way to remove trans troops