Judge hopes to rule next week on Trump order banning transgender people from military service

Navy details separation process for transgender personnel

A U.S. Navy administrative order released Thursday outlined a new policy that forces transgender service members to separate from the military.The guidelines, intended for military personnel who the order states “have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria,” stated that the Navy will revoke exceptions that allowed troops to follow the standards of a sex different from their “identification in the…

Delayed promotion for transgender N.H. National Guard member moves forward amid Trump’s military purge - The Boston Globe

The delay by Republican officials in New Hampshire came as the Trump administration ramped up a campaign to oust transgender personnel from the armed forces

Decision in Transgender Military Ban Challenge Coming Soon

Yesterday, I was in our nation’s capital with our partners seeking an emergency ruling blocking President Trump’s cruel and senseless ban on military service by transgender people. In response to repeated questioning from U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, lawyers representing the government admitted they had no evidence to support the policy’s targeting of transgender service members, thousands of whom have served openly and honorably for many year…

BREAKING: Pentagon says it will start kicking transgender people out of military this month

One day after Department of Justice lawyers struggled to explain the need for a ban on transgender people‘s service in the U.S. Armed Forces to a federal judge in Washington, D.C., the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to purge transgender service members from the military have taken another step forward. The U.S. Department of the Navy has issued formal procedures for the removal of transgender personnel, filing the directive in federal…

‘We need more compassion’: Coast Guard veteran recalls struggles as transgender military ban looms

As the U.S. Department of Defense tries to ban transgender people from the military, a retired Coast Guard captain recalled living through the back-and-forth battle of being transgender while serving.The U.S. Department of Defense has labeled gender dysphoria as “incompatible with the military” and plans to separate current transgender members from their military service careers. Efforts to limit transgender and gender-questioning service member…

Judge hopes to rule next week on Trump order banning trans troops

A federal judge said Wednesday that she hopes to rule next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s administration from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.At the end of a daylong hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said it is her “strong hope” that she will issue a decision next Tuesday or Wednesday. Reyes acknowledged that her ruling probably won’t be the “last stop in this train’s journ…