The navy will refer sufferers looking for the procedures to the non-public sector.
The U.S. Division of Protection stated in a brand new memorandum that it’s halting medical remedies and procedures for troops who establish as transgender and different personnel with gender dysphoria (GD).
“Aside from consults for the analysis of GD and provision of psychological well being care and counseling … workers will refer all different care (e.g., cross-sex hormone remedy) for GD to the non-public sector.”
The Pentagon didn’t return a request for remark by publication time.
Gender dysphoria refers to when an individual believes they’re a gender that’s completely different from their intercourse.
President Donald Trump, after taking workplace in January, stated in an order that “expressing a false ‘gender identification’ divergent from a person’s intercourse can’t fulfill the rigorous requirements crucial for navy service.”
Ferrara stated within the new memo, which was despatched to the director of the Protection Well being Company and assistant secretaries on the Military, Navy, and Air Drive, that he was offering recent steerage in gentle of the Supreme Courtroom ruling.
That features emphasizing that navy medical doctors are to not carry out any surgical procedures that might support in gender transition, corresponding to breast elimination.
Ferrara additionally stated that each one unscheduled, scheduled, and deliberate surgical procedures “related to facilitating intercourse reassignment for Service members recognized with GD” are actually canceled, as are any beforehand permitted waivers for the surgical procedures. Ferrara stated his workplace would settle for waiver requests for care deemed medically crucial to deal with surgical problems.
The navy is permitting troops with gender dysphoria who’ve been receiving cross-sex hormones to maintain receiving them till they’re separated, if a well being care supplier recommends that path “as a way to forestall additional problems.”
The Division of Protection, although, will not pay for newly initiated cross-sex hormones, in keeping with the memo, as ordered by Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth.