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the headline makes it sound like they chose to do this but in reality it was because the courts made them because the original decision was unconstitutional. :)
Deep down I knew there was no chance it wasn't forced. They're actively ignoring other court orders so I guess even these evil fucks sometimes realize to pick their battles.
They chose to listen to the courts instead of the executive. That's sadly pretty huge
I am so glad to see somebody upholding their oath to support and defend the constitution.
I wish the President would do the same, the slob
I'm pleasantly surprised it wasn't just ignored. Not like anyone would have enforced it.
Just because courts ordered it...
I have heard that a part of it may have been unit cohesion within the military. People go through hell together in training. If, at any point along that line, they were able to remark "Oh, you're trans? Whatever, man. You're the one who's got my back when I'm getting the mounted MG into position." then federal discrimination may have actually ruffled some real army feathers.
I'm still glad to see that the military, at least, is still respecting court orders.
Why did this happen? Where did a random W come from? Everything is falling apart and no one is doing anything about it and we just get a W out of nowhere from nothing? How do we do it again
Court
That, and Hegseth seems to be spending all his time being paranoid about leaks when he's the biggest leaker. Between that and day drinking, he doesn't have much time in his schedule to actually advance fascism.
Didn't think I'd end up saying this but thank god he made that moron.
He's concerned over leaks about his leaks. Literally.
no one is doing anything about it
A lot of people are doing a lot about it. Might be time to step away from the Internet if you really believe that. The reality is dark enough you don't need to make it out to be even worse
I'm confused. So we're listening to court orders now?
Great news though
The military are practical. This is an issue that was behind them. They’d established their policies and programs. They were baked in. They had moved on. They don’t care for the politician of the hour jerking them around. People think the military are conservatives, but the army is neither a red state or a blue state. It is green.
I'm going to be optimistic for now that this is a sign that the military is concerned with honoring their oaths to uphold our Constitution by following due process etc, after 100 days of profoundly disturbing attempts by the Executive branch to dishonor the highest of laws in our land.
I'm sure they are worried about driving away talent as well.
My very first thought was “wow, the pentagon really ran all of their best programmers away and now they’re scrambling.”
I'll be honest, even if that is the only real reason for them doing this, I would still consider this good news.
Hate that the only way to trans Americans to have any right is only if they commit war crimes
Some rare good news.
I've maintained that as a serving member, regarding your gender identity, I don't care, the enemy doesn't care and the incoming fire sure as shit don't care.
The Defense Department is complying with a court order that found the restrictions on trans service members unconstitutional. Federal judges have blocked the ban in two separate lawsuits, and one appeals court has denied the department’s request to lift the block while legal challenges proceed.
So balance of powers does exist, if we maintain it.
As someone who's competed against all manner of genders in roller derby, lemme tell you, trans people are tough as nails and you want them fighting for America. The USA men's team for the RD World Cup even has a trans-man, and they beat out 50 biological men for that spot.
Trans men are (or can be) biologically male. The best term to use for 'non-trans' men would be cisgender men. 'Biological' is the preferred term that bigots use to spread misinformation and insinuate that trans people aren't real, natural, or equal.
Someone else said it pretty well:
Biological sex is a construct. It is based on the observable traits of:
- Primary sexual characteristics
- Secondary sexual characeristics
- Gonadal Sex
- Chromosomal Sex
A fully medically transitioned trans person usually matches a majority of these, so it is totally reasonable to say trans women are biologically female, and trans men are biologically male. Generally, the binary categorization of sex is scientifically unsound; it should be understood as a spectrum.
Respectfully, I'm not going to get into the linguistic gymnastics here. My meaning is clear.
The memo says the Defense Department is returning to the Biden-era medical policy for transgender service members due to a court order that struck down Hegseth’s restrictions as unconstitutional. The administration is appealing the move, but a federal appeals court in California denied the department’s effort to halt the policy while its challenge is pending.
So the court ordered them too.
The article is making it out like the DoD is "defying" Hegseth, but that seems like a misrepresentaion, as it seems he has to go along with this.
I guess it's a "win" because the DoD isn't openly defying an order...
Pleasant as this is, I wonder how they're going to keep the crybaby-in-chief from demanding they stop again as part of his 'dei is evil' crusade.
This is about everyone suffering from gender dysphoria. They say they're attacking trans people, who make up a small fraction of society, but they're attacking treatments for a diagnosis anyone could have. This stuff helps a lot of people, more than we might typically think about.