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The Trump Administration’s Transsexual Military Ban

Background:

On July 26, 2017, then-President Donald Trump announced through a series of tweets that transgender individuals will no longer be allowed to aid in the U.S. military.

In announcing the ban, Trump claimed he was advised by “my generals,” but news reports indicated that the Pentagon was caught “off guard” by the tweets and was unprepared for the policy alter — suggesting that the move was not in evidence recommended by military leaders. American Oversight submitted subsequent FOIA requests seeking additional records from the Defense Department to determine if the White House and military personnel were aware of this policy decision before Trump’s tweets.

Emails uncovered by American Oversight in September 2018 showed that senior Pentagon leaders were unaware of the president’s announcement before it happened and, in the words of one foremost military official, “everyone was caught flat-footed.”

The full set of emails we obtained from the hours following Trump’s tweets are available online here.

American Oversight is continuing to inspect what the Defense Department knew before this policy switch was re

Reports: Trump Poised To Reinstate & Expand Ban on Trans Military Service Members

WASHINGTON — This weekend, reports emerged that Donald Trump has begun planning for an Executive Order that would reinstate and expand upon his first administration’s ban on transgender military service members. And while nothing is certain and no concrete policy has been put forward, the potential for this executive action is stoking devastating uncertainty for transgender people across the country.

As the United States military continues to fall short of its recruitment targets, the discriminatory ban, as reported, could terminate the employment of an estimated 15,000 people, deeming them “unfit to serve”–despite the fact that they gather every qualification. The United States military is the largest employer of transgender people in the country. Recent studies show that transgender people are twice as likely as the general population to serve in the military.

Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson issued the following statement:

“Banning thousands of qualified transgender service members– who meet every qualification to serve and have been serving wi
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Outlawing gender-affirming care for minors at the federal level, according to his “Agenda 47”
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Service members sue Trump administration over transgender military service ban
Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign, two head LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning gender diverse people from serving in the military.
The lawsuit, which was obtained by ABC News, was filed in the U.S. District Court-Western District of Washington on behalf of six active duty transgender service members, a transgender person searching to enlist in the military, as well as Seattle human rights corporation Gender Justice League.
"By categorically excluding transgender people, the 2025 Military Ban and related federal policy and directives violate the matching protection and due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment and the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment," the lawsuit said. "They lack any legitimate or rational justification, let alone the compelling and exceedingly persuasive ones required. Accordingly, Plaintiffs look for declaratory, and preliminary and permanent injunctive, relief."
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