A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to exclude individuals with a gender identity inconsistent with their sex from military service.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes granted a preliminary injunction in favor of a group of transgender-identifying active-duty service members who challenged Trump’s order, saying that the order likely violates their constitutional rights and could cause them irreparable harm.
“Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender service members have sacrificed—some risking their lives—to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them,” Reyes stated in a 79-page ruling….