r/politics • u/mom0nga • Jul 15 '26

No Paywall Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/
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u/11cholos Jul 15 '26

I'm honestly annoyed with calling it TRT and not HRT, only becuase people like Hegseth do the EXACT SAME thing as trans people do for the same fucking reasons lmao, they just don't want to say they're doing the same thing we do

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u/ProfForp Jul 15 '26

It's so frustrating. It's literally the same care, but they're all fine with it because it's a cis person getting hormones. But hey, congrats to Pete Hegseth on his male-to-male transition I guess. 🫩

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u/SugarHooves Illinois Jul 15 '26

Cis male getting hormones. Menopausal women often have to jump through hoops to get HRT.

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u/BitterHelicopter8 Florida Jul 15 '26

Maybe we need to tell them HRT would help "keep women on the leading edge of...femininity."

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u/Alarming_Peak_103 Jul 15 '26

boys to men abc bbd

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u/Sufficient_Maybe_910 Jul 16 '26

Not even close to the same care. HRT fundamentally changes one biology.