US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday elicited instant ridicule after he unveiled a new plan to offer military personnel testosterone injections.

In a video announcement, Hegseth said he was authorizing a screening program to ensure US soldiers “have the right testosterone levels” to perform at their “absolute best.”

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[–] 56 points 3 months ago (5 children)

This isn’t gender affirming care, it’s gender coercive care. Forcing people without symptoms to get a test for low testosterone is clearly pressuring people to “fix” their T levels, regardless of whether that makes sense for them. If it was about health they’d let their doctors address it on an as needed basis.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago*

    Thank you for putting to words the reason why I felt it's not correct and harmful to the trans community with the "gender affirming care". It's technically correct, but it's using trans people as a bludgeon

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    I mean, imagine how much this will fuck up someone's mind? You're all happy and gay going about your killing business and then they tell you you're not enough of a macho man, low T, need injection to be manly?

    With how fragile some of these folk are, this is gonna be a clusterfuck

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago

    That's a good point. As though "maleness" was directly related to testosterone levels. I wonder if they'll do the same thing for female troups, but I doubt Hegseth is even aware of them.

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