On Tuesdays, two countries LGBTQ+ advocates filed the first federal lawsuit to challenge the administrative order of President Donald Trump to prohibit transgender people to serve in the military.
The GLBTQ law advocates and defenders and the Lesbian Rights National Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of six active trans services and two preliminary service members. The group argues that the prohibition violates the equal protection provisions of the fifth amendment.
Trump reorganized his policy in the first term on Monday night and withdrew the order of former president Joe Biden.
This order says, “The adoption of an individual’s gender identity does not match the soldier’s dedication to the honor, sincere and trained lifestyle in individual lives.” In addition, those who have sex gourmets who may need medical and surgical treatment are essentially inappropriate to comply with the US government’s policies to establish high standards for unit preparation, fatal, cohesive, humility, uniformity and perfection. Say.
The plaintiff does not based on the “legal government purposes” and instead reflects the hostility of transgender because of transgender status.
Jennifer Levi, a lawyer of GLBTQ law advocates and defenders, said, “We have knocked on the patriots who are qualified to meet all standards and appease the political agenda.” “This is not an American, not an American, but a talented service member who dedicates his life for our country every day, making our country weak.”
The lawsuit represents transgender people who serve in many branches in the military and the country, including senior majors, captains and naval pilots.
Major Erica Vandal, a 36 -year -old transformer, served in the US army for almost 14 years. In 2022, she began to receive gender care and was promoted to her current ranking during that time.
According to the lawsuit, the prohibition not only threatens the ability to continue the career of half moon, but also loses access to the military’s retirement and GI bill education benefits.
Another manuscript, Lieutenant Nicolas Talbott, has served in the US Army’s reserves for almost a year. Talbott will begin training for a new role as a platoon leader of the Military Policy Department this summer, but the ban can be at risk of his promotion.
Talbot said in a statement, “It was my dream and goal to serve my country for a long time as I could remember.” “My transgender is not related to my commitment to my commitment to my mission, my dedication to the unit, or the ability to carry out the obligation according to the high standards expected for me and all soldiers.”
In July 2017, Trump enacted the first ban on the military’s trans service members and announced in a series of tweets. The decision sent a shock wave around the Ministry of Defense, and the Pentagon leaders were “plane” by the presentation, according to the e -mail released by the US coach of the watchdog group.
According to this policy, the transgender service member who came out as a transgender service was able to continue to serve and receive gender management, but the people who came out were able to continue to serve other members of the sexual intercourse. The ban also prevented preliminary transform members from enlisting.
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This new order must go one step further, and the Ministry of Defense must update medical standards within 60 days, and people should end the use of “invention and identification -based pronoun”, when people sleep or change or bathing men at birth. .
It is unclear what will happen to the trans service members who are being treated through the current military health care program, Tricare. But in December, BIDEN signed a defense bill in December before prohibiting reports of gender management treatment for transforming service members in December.
The Ministry of Defense does not openly report data on the number of transgender troops in the military, but according to Rand Corporation’s 2016 report, it is estimated that 2,150 to 10,790 transformers have provided services to both active components and selected reserve troops. This report estimates that only small parts of this population are looking for sex -related medical services every year.
