Pentagon halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops, memo says
- The Pentagon halted gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops in February 2025, enforcing a ban nationwide including involuntary separations.
- This action follows President Donald Trump's January 2025 executive order citing medical costs and unit readiness concerns, despite ongoing legal challenges and court rulings.
- Affected service members like Mason Benavides face separation with reduced benefits, report rejection in a hostile environment, and many are preparing to leave the military.
- Researchers emphasize gender-affirming care improves mental health and lowers suicidality, while proponents of the ban argue it protects military effectiveness and cohesion.
- The policy has intensified legal battles and debates over discrimination, transgender rights, and military values, deeply impacting individuals and military institutions alike.
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Medical organizations and media let Canadians believe gender medicine is safe and universally accepted. It’s not
The Macdonald Laurier Institute 14 physicians sign statement for Inside Policy Many Canadians are likely unaware that several other medically advanced countries—like Britain and multiple EU member states—have restricted hormone therapies and surgical interventions which have documented harms and no clear benefits, writes a group of Canadian doctors. Following similar actions by peer countries around the world, United States President Donald Trum…
National View: Keep your ‘she/her,’ ‘he/him,’ ‘they/them’ out of my emails
Earlier this year, the Trump White House said it wouldn’t respond to queries from reporters who put pronouns in their email signatures. Wait, what? If you’re confused about what this is about, you’re not alone. The New York Times had to include a pretty basic explanation for even its elite readership: “The practice of including pronouns, such as ‘he/him’ or ‘they/them,’ in email signatures and social media bios has become widespread in recent ye…
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