A panel of judges ruled on June 1 that President Donald Trump’s policy of excluding people with gender dysphoria already serving in the military is unconstitutional.
The policy, instituted last year under War Secretary Pete Hegseth, “appears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group: persons who identify as transgender,” the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled.
In a 2–1 vote, the judges ruled the government could not remove people with gender dysphoria already serving in the military, but also said the government can forbid such individuals seeking to enter.
The order is suspended to give the government time to ask for an en banc hearing with a larger panel of judges….
Appeals Court Rules Government Can’t Kick Out Service Members With Gender Dysphoria
