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“This administration is desperate to distract from the reality that these service members have impeccable records and that there is no reason whatsoever to separate them from military service,” attorney Shannon Minter told The Advocate.
He wrote that coupling transgender people "with ready access to fully automatic firearms and other powerful weapons might not be the best of ideas."
Three military families are suing to keep their children's access to gender-affirming care.
Here's what to know about the case as oral arguments tee off the high court's next term.
An attorney for the troops called it “part of the administration’s absurd attempt to purge highly skilled and dedicated service members simply because they are transgender.”
As of June 6, military commanders must identify anyone who may be trans for a medical evaluation and expulsion from the armed services.
"This is a continuation of the administration's attack on the rule of law," says Andrew Ortiz of the Transgender Law Center.
In 2023, the state legislature banned care for transgender youth “pending research.” The research is in — and inconvenient for Republicans.
Attorneys say the Talbott case hinges on a district court judge's opinion that the Trump administration policy is "soaked with animus."
It would be “unprecedented and un-American,” lawyers argued.
Experts tell The Advocate that the document can't be taken seriously and is riddled in misinformation.
The Department of Justice is asking the court to set aside a lower court’s block on the anti-trans policy.
The 3-judge panel appeared skeptical of the reasoning behind the government’s arguments.
Under the administration’s latest guidance, reporting a trans patient’s care may no longer violate HIPAA — and that’s exactly the problem, providers say.
Two federal appeals courts are considering whether to allow the ban to proceed until the case is resolved.
A New Jersey U.S. District Court judge stepped in to block the Pentagon from takinc action against two trans airmen.
The Department of Justice has until Tuesday morning to assure Judge Ana Reyes that trans troops aren't being professionally impacted.
"It's a trap," one legal expert told The Advocate.
The order will mean the inmate, identified under the pseudonym Maria Moe, will be transferred to a men's prison, putting her in immediate danger, the lawsuit says.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled the ban can go into effect. The families want a rehearing by the full court.
The house has been declared beyond repair, and friends are helping to raise funds for Minter and his family.
