The US Army changes the files of the tragender soldiers “to reflect biological sex”. Similar decisions in the case of pronouns and “intimate spaces”
US military exercises in Lithuania. Photo: Mindaugas Kulbis / AP / Profimedia
The US Army will change the Transgender Soldiers Soldiers to show only their sex from birth, according to some internal guidance that Reuters consulted and which provide details on a series of steps that will be undertaken as they get them out of work.
“The commanders will take immediate measures to update the personnel sheets and the administrative systems to reflect the biological sex for all individuals,” the 14 -page document shows.
According to the document, the US Army considers a person's sex to be “unchanged throughout his life”. The position is similar to the one expressed in a note of the Pentagon on February 26.
The document illustrates the way in which the Trump administration intends to treat thousands of Transgender soldiers after the decision of the Supreme Court this month, which opened the path for a ban of the Pentagon on the military service for transgender persons.
Reuters wrote for the first time, on May 8, about the Pentagon's plans to start taking Transgender soldiers who do not choose to go alone until June 6. On May 12, the International Press Agency provided details about the plans to stop the medical assistance to assert the gender in the case of Transgender troops.
The pronoun “must reflect their biological sex”
The most recent memory of the American army also mentions that the use of pronouns in the case of people “must reflect their biological sex”: “according to good order and discipline, greetings (for example, addressing a senior officer with” sir “or” lady “)”.
The document also states that access to “intimate spaces” will also be determined by the biological sex of a person.
“The commanders will ensure that all these common intimate spaces will be clearly designated for male, female or family use,” the document shows.
In the US there are 4,240 people transgender in active military service or in the national guard, according to officials. Non -governmental organizations have offered higher estimates.
“The directives that appear are vindictive and aggressive. At the same time, they are issued in a chaotic way that undoubtedly harm the military training,” said Jennifer Levi, senior director of the Pro-Lugbt Glad law.
In January, after returning to the US Presidency, Donald Trump signed an executive order annulled by a policy implemented by his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, who allowed Transgender to serve the army openly.
According to a Gallup survey published in February, 58% of Americans are to allow transgender to serve in the army, but support has dropped from 71% in 2019.
The current head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has adopted conservative positions in the issues related to the cultural war, including the elimination of the diversity initiatives within the institution.
