To “accommodate political agendas or other ideologies,” the “pursuit of military excellence” is being “diluted.” It continues by asserting that “a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful,
And disciplined lifestyle conflicts with the adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex.” In their complaint, what have LGBTQ+ groups said? A complaint claiming.
The ban’reflects hatred against transgender persons because of their transgender identity’ was filed on behalf of two trans individuals looking to join and six trans active-duty military members.
US District Judge Reyes blocked the order in March, claiming that it violates an equal protection clause because it discriminates on the basis of sex and transgender status.
With its “conclusions bear[ing] no relation to fact,” the order’s language was deemed “unabashedly demeaning,” and its “policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit.”
According to Reyes, the government “still can” create a policy that strikes a balance between “the Nation’s need for a prepared military and Americans’ right to equal protection.”
