In a video released to social media, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that service-members with gender dysmorphia should leave or eventually be removed from the military.
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00:00Here at the Defense Department, we continue to relentlessly pursue the president's agenda, especially on readiness.
00:06He put out an executive order a week into his presidency, stating the prioritizing military excellence and readiness that expressing a false gender identity divergent from an individual sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service.
00:21We agree. And so we implemented that policy. It was challenged in court.
00:26And of course, we appealed. And two days ago at the Supreme Court, our policy was upheld.
00:33And so we're going to continue to advance that policy here at the Defense Department.
00:37So in accordance with policy now reinstated, service members who have a current diagnosis or history of or exhibit symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria may elect to separate voluntarily.
00:50There's a timeline here and then eventually involuntarily, if necessary.
00:54This is the president's agenda. This is what the American people voted for.
00:58And we're going to continue to relentlessly pursue it.