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The Betrayal of Trans Troops

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:29:32
Publish Date: 2026-03-22 07:00:00
Description: In his first term, President Trump required transgender service members to register with the diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to continue serving openly in the military. Now, amidst Middle East deployment plans, that documentation is being used to find and separate thousands of highly trained troops. This week on The Sunday Story, how the Pentagon’s push to remove trans troops is affecting active duty service members—and how it may also affect the military’s mission readiness.

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