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He wrote that coupling transgender people "with ready access to fully automatic firearms and other powerful weapons might not be the best of ideas."
Alabama GOP Rep. Barry Moore wants to enshrine discrimination against transgender people into federal law.
He signed the order Monday night on Air Force 1.
The ruling, which only lifts a preliminary injunction, is counter to what all lower courts have said about the issue.
Commanders have been ordered to review service records and make changes to reflect a service member's birth sex.
California Democratic U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs is leading the charge.
It would be “unprecedented and un-American,” lawyers argued.
The policy explicitly bans transgender service members from receiving gender-affirming medical care, including hormone therapy and gender-confirmation surgeries.
The Air Force says transgender service members have to leave before the end of March or face an uncertain future.
A May 15 Department of Defense memo orders commanders to review medical records of troops suspected to be trans.
While a federal judge considers blocking the policy altogether, the Pentagon is moving forward.
“The Department of Defense does not track service members or applicants by gender identity,” DOJ lawyers told a judge in a Saturday filing.
"It's a trap," one legal expert told The Advocate.
He's going after diversity programs, transgender students, and more with executive orders that will most definitely be contested in court.
In her legacy family, there was never a question whether she would serve in the military.
Across centuries of wars, bans, and battles for recognition, trans military members have answered the call. Now they're fighting for their right to do so.
It’s not because this lesbian Army veteran wasn’t invited to Wednesday’s event. Sue Fulton refuses to celebrate with the Department of Defense until all Americans can serve openly.
There is no rationale for the president's cruelty, except being cruel.
“Mr. Secretary, do not implement this ban," the Illinois senator wrote in a letter to Pete Hegseth.
