Week of un-woking the federal government: ‘Identity Months’ declared dead at Defense Department

In less than two weeks, the social club that the federal government had become during the Biden Administration is being quickly dissolved.

President Donald Trump and DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) are undoing the official identity politics that are fragmenting the country, and his agencies are taking down the woke propaganda machine the government had become on its vast network of websites.

The dismantling of the federal forays into woke culture have happened so fast that it’s difficult to track them all, but that in itself illustrates the magnitude of how far things had gone off the rails during the Biden era, how much America had lost, and how hard the Trump Administration will have to work to put the ever-oozing government back in its container.

At the Department of State, the page that once advised precautions for “LGBTQI+ travelers” now just refers to them as LGB — Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual. No more transgender, queer or other alphabet identities. That’s due to the president’s executive order that says it is official policy that there are two sexes in America — male and female — not some salad mix of gender identities that must be catered to. How you choose to express your personality as a man or a woman is a matter of personal preference.

At the Department of Defense on Friday, a memo from Secretary Pete Hegseth says the “identity months” are dead.

The Hegseth memo says: “Our unity and purpose are instrumental to meeting the Department’s warfighting mission. Efforts to divide the force – to put one group ahead of another – erode camaraderie and threaten mission execution.

“Going forward, DoD Components and Military Departments will not use official resources, to include man-hours, to host celebrations or events related to cultural awareness months, including National African American/Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Pride Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and National American Indian Heritage Month.”

Hegseth, whose appointment at the head of the Defense Department was opposed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, noted that service members and civilians are free to attend these events in an unofficial capacity outside of duty hours.

“Installations, units, and offices are encouraged to celebrate the valor and success of military heroes of all races, genders, and backgrounds as we restore our warrior culture and ethos. We are proud of our warriors and their history, but we will focus on the character of their service instead of their immutable characteristics,” Hegseth said.

Hegseth’s directives were echoed over at the Quantico education campus of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where a wall that has dozens of “core values” of the agency was painted over, according to a photograph obtained by the Washington Post:

The primary mission of the FBI includes protecting the United States from terrorist attacks, espionage, cyber crimes, public corruption, organized crime, violent crime, white-collar crime and upholding civil rights. However, the wall art of the training facility included messages to promote sustainability, equity, diversity, compassion, and emotional maturity, among other things, and none promoting patriotism, courage, bravery, civil rights, or even justice, for an agency that is a subset of the Department of Justice.

The Bureau of Prisons, which previously reported on its website the number of transgender offenders in federal custody, now only shows male and female populations. Before Friday, it reported there are 1,529 transgender females (men living as women) in BOP custody and 744 transgender males (women living as men). Now, the graphic looks like this:

At the Department of Interior, a web page is now devoted to “Interior Department Advances Restoration of Historic Names Honoring American Greatness,” and explains that the name of the Gulf of Mexico is now Gulf of America and that Denali is now Mount McKinley.

“The Department of the Interior remains committed to upholding all aspects of President Trump’s executive order, ensuring that the names we use reflect the values, sacrifices, and accomplishments that define our Nation,” the website says.

At the Department of Agriculture, the emphasis on climate change is gone and the agency has returned to explaining its core missions of agriculture, ranching, and forestry.