US EditionThe Latest: Transgender Troops Face Deadline to Voluntarily Leave the Military
- Transgender service members face a June 6, 2025 deadline to identify themselves and begin voluntarily separating from the U.S. military under a ban enforced nationwide.
- This deadline follows a May 2025 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration's transgender military ban to be enforced while legal challenges continue.
- Affected individuals, including recent Air Force Academy graduates like Hunter Marquez, have been barred from commissioning despite meeting fitness standards and earning degrees.
- The Pentagon offers twice the usual separation pay for those who leave voluntarily by the deadline, potentially exceeding $300,000, while involuntary discharge may trigger tuition repayment.
- The policy forces many transgender troops out of service and raises legal and social debates, but lawsuits like Talbott v. United States persist in challenging the ban's constitutionality.
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'We have earned our spots': Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service
Friday marks the deadline for the estimated 4,200 active-duty transgender military members to accept what the Defense Department calls "voluntary separation." Those who volunteer to leave may be eligible for separation pay while transgender troops who don’t leave voluntarily will be kicked out. Nick Schifrin spoke to two transgender service members about the choice they face.
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Transgender military members face big decision
(Washington, D.C.) — Transgender members of the military face a tough deadline today. Active-duty troops must leave voluntarily or risk being discharged under the Trump administration’s reinstated ban. Reserve members have until Saturday. The policy was upheld by the Supreme Court. The Department of Defense has been moving quickly to remove about a thousand transgender service members from the U.S. military. In May, active-duty trans service mem…
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