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Chris Stein and agencies

Trump administration memo orders Pentagon to identify and fire transgender members of US military

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Jennifer Levi, senior director of queer and transgender rights at Glad Law, which is challenging Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration has moved to fire transgender members of the military, with the defense department issuing a memo saying they will be separated from service unless they receive an exemption.

The document, filed in court on Wednesday, represent the latest salvo against transgender rights by Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, both of whom have a history of opposition to transgender people and vowed to roll back their participation in government.

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