Transgender service members sue Trump over executive order pushing openly trans people from military
Transgender service members sue Trump over executive order pushing openly trans people from military
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Trump’s executive order could stands to impact thousands of trans people in the nation’s armed forces. “Expressing a false ‘gender identity’ divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service,” according to Trump’s order. “Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.”.
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The order claims that “a man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.”. Trump is giving the Pentagon 60 days to update its policy on medical standards and 30 days to produce revised guidance on how to implement the president’s order.
“President Trump’s repeated targeting of transgender service members is a stain on our military, one that strikes at the very heart of military standards and core American values,” according to Shannon Minter, legal director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which filed the lawsuit with GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders on behalf of the six service members.
