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Pentagon thwarts Trump order, restarts Biden-era policy paying for trans sex-change surgeries

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The Pentagon will resume the Biden-Harris administration policy of using taxpayer dollars to pay for sex-change surgeries and cross-sex hormones for trans-identified soldiers, bucking efforts by the Trump administration to enhance military readiness by ending such practices and banning trans-identified individuals from serving in the military.

A memo from the Pentagon dated Monday and released on Thursday states that the DOD is reverting to the Biden-Harris policy concerning trans-identifying service members, according to Politico.

The directive comes after two federal judges last month blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to stop individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria from enlisting, which the government argued would ensure "military readiness."

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