Pentagon begins mass removal of transgender troops
A May 15 Department of Defense memo orders commanders to review medical records of troops suspected to be trans.
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May 15, 2025
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A May 15 Department of Defense memo orders commanders to review medical records of troops suspected to be trans.
He said the Trump administration is implementing policies in the agency with “the biggest budget, biggest guns” to make it easy to “push around the rest of the government.”
These trans folks explain why they're ready to serve like anyone else.
Attorneys say the Talbott case hinges on a district court judge's opinion that the Trump administration policy is "soaked with animus."
Attorneys argue the ban “fails under any level of review,” citing a “shocking proposition that transgender people do not exist.”
It would be “unprecedented and un-American,” lawyers argued.
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.