A panel of judges ruled on June 1 that President Donald Trump’s policy of excluding people with gender dysphoria already serving in the military is unconstitutional.
The policy, instituted last year under War Secretary Pete Hegseth, “appears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group: persons who identify as transgender,” the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled.
The rule excludes service members “who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria” and “who have a history of cross-sex hormone therapy or a history of sex reassignment or genital reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria or in pursuit of a sex transition.” …