Abstract With the passing of the Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness Executive Order (EO) 14183 by the Trump administration, signed on January 27, 2025, members of the US military who “express a false gender identity divergent from an individual sex” are being forced to resign. The new guidelines exist alongside a series of executive orders that target marginalized communities, with a specific focus on harming transgender people. By emphasizing “military readiness”, the order undermines the constitutional rights of transgender personnel, suggesting that their existence “dilutes” the military's effectiveness and that they are “harmful to unit cohesion.” EO 14183 also perpetuates that gender dysphoria is not only a crucial part of the trans experience but also that it is akin to personality disorders. According to the EO, service members have sixty days to comply with DoDI 6130.03. This classifies the following as failures to meet standards: urogenital reconstruction, gender-affirming hormone therapy, and/or a history of gender dysphoria. The order supports an archaic portrayal of transgender folks as lacking the ability to uphold an “honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.” These policies seek to establish a norm of transgender exclusion that bars transgender people from workplaces within and beyond governmental fields. Transgender individuals already experience high levels of financial and social hardships. This article puts forth that the EOs signed by Trump will cause significant material harm to already marginalized transgender people and, in fact, continue the United States's legacy of antitrans workforce practices.
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