In Tuesday’s ruling, a Biden-appointed federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order from effectively banning transgender people from serving the US military.
Washington, DC District Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction against the order, effectively halting the law until an earlier sentence was issued. Transgender military He sued the Trump administration In January orderargues that the policy violates the US Constitution under the equal protection given under the Fifth Amendment.
“Leaders have been concerned about military preparations to deny marginalized people,” Reyes said in her opinion. “The first minority, then the women in combat, then the Gazes filled that void. Today, our troops are stronger and our country is safer for millions of voids (and everyone else).” (Related: Biden-appointed judge Pete Hegses’ request to withdraw social media posts about trans policy)
Transgender youth advocates are holding the transgender pride flag to demonstrate outside Los Angeles (CHLA) on February 6, 2025, as they threaten to withdraw federal funds from healthcare providers providing gender violation care to their children on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
That’s what Reyes was Appointment He served as DC’s first LGBT federal judge under former President Joe Biden in 2023.
In the ruling, Reyes said trans service members would not interfere with preparation, but said the defense was based on assessments of the effectiveness and suitability of trans soldiers for “pure speculation.”
Trump’s policies allowed a case-by-case exemption from the ban on ban if sufficient “government interests” were at risk, but Reyes argued that the provision was “name-only.”
Reyes also lamented the “discrimination” that trans people say they are facing, and existed as “government hostility, and sometimes they are completely different from trans people,” citing examples of bathroom policies, adoption laws, and laws targeting pronouns.
In the oral discussion of the incident, Reyes also said Existence Only two biological sexes, male and female, were not “biologically correct.”
The ruling comes into effect Friday, giving the DOJ time to file an emergency stay with the court.
The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Call News Foundation.
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