{"id":1019,"date":"2026-06-01T23:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:38:15","slug":"appeals-court-rejects-trump-administration-ban-on-transgender-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1019","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court rejects Trump administration ban on transgender troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A Trump administration policy banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military is illegal, a divided federal appeals court ruled on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1017\">California runoff tests GOP\u2019s bid to reform California<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The majority opinion from the three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit largely upheld a prior decision from last year by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, which ruled that the policy likely violated the constitutional rights of transgender individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The policy was motivated \u201cby the bare desire to harm\u201d transgender people, according to Judge Robert Wilkins, a former President Barack Obama appointee, who wrote for the majority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Judge Justin Walker, who wrote the court\u2019s dissenting opinion, argued that the power to decide who can and cannot serve in the military rests with Congress and the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have neither the expertise nor the authority to decide whether the military can exclude the plaintiffs from its ranks,\u201d Judge Walter, a Trump appointee, wrote. The ban originated from a January 2025 executive order signed by President Trump, which argued that the gender identity of transgender people stood at odds with the duties of American servicemembers and that allowing them to serve would harm military preparedness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has facilitated the order\u2019s implementation at the Pentagon, pausing medical care and promotions for individuals suffering from gender dysphoria.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1015\">Trump keeps fragile Iran talks intact after urging restraint on Netanyahu, Tehran proxies in Lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hegseth has made it clear he does not want transgender people in the military, telling a special operations forces conference last year that there would be \u201cno more pronouns. No more dudes in dresses,\u201d at the Pentagon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The condition, defined as clinically significant stress brought on by a mismatch between a person\u2019s gender identity and their sex assigned at birth, has been linked to depression and suicidal thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon also began involuntary removals of troops who had not already agreed to leave active service in April 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court allowed the ban to take effect last year while litigation proceeded in the lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s ruling against the policy won\u2019t go into effect immediately, giving the White House time to pursue further appeals.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1013\">Colorado counters Supreme Court with law allowing damages for \u2018conversion therapy\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Trump administration policy banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military is illegal, a divided federal appeals court ruled on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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