US military will no longer accept trans troops, Pete Hegseth’s memo says

Trump's defense secretary filed the memo in line with an executive order signed by the president

The US military will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the armed forces and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members, according to a memo from defense secretary Pete Hegseth filed in court Monday.

Hegseth's memo comes after Donald Trump signed an executive order in January that took aim at transgender troops in a personal way. The president's order had said that a man identifying as a woman was not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member".