He signed an executive order prioritizing military excellence and readiness to prevent radical transgenders from serving in the United States military. My amendment codifies this executive order. Ensuring the integrity of America's great armed forces is not jeopardized. Gender dysphoria was considered a mental disorder by psychologists for decades. Until 2019, even the left, the leftist World Health Organization, listed it as a mental illness in the international classification of diseases. According to the Williams Institute, 81% of transgender adults have serious contemplated, seriously contemplated suicide. That is 15 times higher than the general population. (00:41–00:59)
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Asserts that gender dysphoria was listed as a mental illness by the WHO until 2019.
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