国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)在一份发给五角大楼高级领导层和军事指挥部的备忘录中，下令立即暂停所有现役军人的性别确认医疗程序。
ABC新闻今天获得的2025年2月7日的备忘录还下令立即暂停军队中所有针对“有性别焦虑史”的个人的新晋升
备忘录说:“立即生效，暂停所有对有性别焦虑史的个人的新加入，暂停所有与确认或促进服役人员性别转换相关的未计划、预定或计划的医疗程序。”
“患有性别焦虑症的个人自愿为我们的国家服务，并将受到尊严和尊重的对待，”备忘录继续说道，并补充说，国防部将为“患有性别焦虑症的当前诊断或历史”的服役成员提供“额外的政策和实施指导”
备忘录是在总统之后发出的唐纳德·特朗普签署了一份美国总统之行政命令1月28日，拜登政府废除了允许跨性别服役人员基于其性别身份公开在军队服役的政策。该行政命令在联邦法院受到著名的性少数群体+倡导团体的质疑，其中包括人权运动对特朗普政府提起了两起诉讼代表现役变性军人。
该行政命令指示国防部修改五角大楼关于跨性别服役人员的政策，并表示“表达与个人性别不同的虚假“性别认同”不能满足服兵役所需的严格标准。”
该命令进一步指出，接受性别确认医疗护理是身体和精神上“与现役不相容”的条件之一。
“与军事使命和国防部的长期政策一致，表达与个人性别不同的虚假‘性别认同’不能满足服兵役所需的严格标准，”该命令继续说道。
Hegseth在2月7日的备忘录中重复了这一观点，他说,“将我们的军队按照身份划分的努力削弱了我们的力量，使我们变得脆弱。绝不能容忍或迁就这种努力。”
人权运动(Human Rights Campaign)和Lambda Legal周四代表六名现役跨性别服役人员提起联邦诉讼，就总统禁止跨性别服役人员的禁令向特朗普政府提出挑战。
“通过明确排除变性人，2025年的军事禁令和相关的联邦政策和指令违反了第五修正案的平等保护和正当程序保障以及第一修正案的言论自由保障，”诉讼称。“它们缺乏任何合法或合理的理由，更不用说所需要的令人信服和极具说服力的理由了。因此，原告寻求宣告性的、初步的和永久的禁令性救济。
1月28日，倡导组织GLAD Law和全国女同性恋权利中心(NCLR)代表另外六名现役军人向美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院提起了针对特朗普政府的类似诉讼。
“通过明确排除变性人，2025年的军事禁令和相关的联邦政策和指令违反了第五修正案的平等保护和正当程序保障以及第一修正案的言论自由保障，”诉讼称。“它们缺乏任何合法或合理的理由，更不用说所需要的令人信服和极具说服力的理由了。因此，原告寻求宣告性的、初步的和永久的禁令性救济。
1月28日，倡导组织GLAD Law和全国女同性恋权利中心(NCLR)代表另外六名现役军人向美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院提起了针对特朗普政府的类似诉讼。
美国广播公司新闻部就诉讼事宜联系了白宫，但置评请求没有得到回复。
这份备忘录对跨性别服役人员的直接影响尚不清楚，但美国广播公司新闻部已经联系了这些诉讼的原告，请他们发表评论。
NCLR首席律师香农·明特(Shannon Minter)周一在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻，海格思的备忘录“强调了法院干预的紧迫性。”
“政府已经采取措施实施禁令，甚至在最初的行政命令规定的最后期限之前，”明特说。“跨性别申请人已经被拒绝，跨性别服务成员成为目标，并被剥夺必要的医疗护理。”
法庭记录显示，此案的听证会定于2月18日在华盛顿地区法院举行，法官安娜·雷耶斯(Ana Reyes)正在主持此案。
Hegseth orders immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care for transgender service members
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care procedures for all active-duty service members in a memo that was addressed to senior Pentagon leadership and military command.
The Feb. 7, 2025, memo, which was obtained today by ABC News, also ordered an immediate pause on all new promotions in the military for individuals “with a history of gender dysphoria.”
“Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused, and all unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition for Service members are paused,” the memo says.
“Individuals with gender dysphoria have volunteered to serve our country and will be treated with dignity and respect,” the memo continued, adding that the Department of Defense would provide “additional policy and implementation guidance” to service members “with a current diagnosis or history of gender dysphoria.”
The memo came after PresidentDonald Trumpsigned anexecutive orderon Jan. 28 rescinding Biden administration policies that permitted transgender service members to serve openly in the military based on their gender identity. The executive order is being challenged in federal court by prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, including Human Rights Campaign, whichfiled a pair of lawsuits against the Trump administrationon behalf of active-duty transgender service members.
The executive order directed the Department of Defense to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender service members and stated that "expressing a false "gender identity" divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service."
The order further argued that receiving gender-affirming medical care is one of the conditions that is physically and mentally "incompatible with active duty."
"Consistent with the military mission and longstanding DoD policy, expressing a false 'gender identity' divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service," the order continued.
Hegseth echoed this sentiment in the Feb. 7 memo, saying that “efforts to split our troops along lines of identity weaken our Force and make us vulnerable. Such efforts must not be tolerated or accommodated.”
Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of six active-duty transgender service members, challenging the Trump administration over the president’s ban on transgender service members.
"By categorically excluding transgender people, the 2025 Military Ban and related federal policy and directives violate the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment and the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment," the lawsuit said. "They lack any legitimate or rational justification, let alone the compelling and exceedingly persuasive ones required. Accordingly, Plaintiffs seek declaratory, and preliminary and permanent injunctive, relief."
A similar lawsuit against the Trump administration was filed on Jan. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by advocacy groups GLAD Law and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) on behalf of six additional active duty service members.
"By categorically excluding transgender people, the 2025 Military Ban and related federal policy and directives violate the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment and the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment," the lawsuit said. "They lack any legitimate or rational justification, let alone the compelling and exceedingly persuasive ones required. Accordingly, Plaintiffs seek declaratory, and preliminary and permanent injunctive, relief."
A similar lawsuit against the Trump administration was filed on Jan. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by advocacy groups GLAD Law and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) on behalf of six additional active duty service members.
ABC News reached out to the White House regarding the lawsuits but requests for comment were not returned.
The immediate impact of the memo on transgender service members is unclear, but ABC News has reached out to the plaintiffs in each of those lawsuits for comment.
Shannon Minter, lead counsel of NCLR, told ABC News in a statement on Monday that Hegseth’s memo “underscores the urgency of the need for court intervention.”
“The administration is already taking steps to implement the ban even before the stated deadlines in the original executive order,” Minter said. “Transgender applicants are already being turned away and transgender service members are being targeted and denied medically necessary care.”
Court records show that a hearing in this case is scheduled on February 18 in the D.C. district court, where Judge Ana Reyes is presiding over the case.
