A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Pentagon to temporarily enforce its revived ban on transgender military service, ruling that a lower court improperly blocked the Trump administration’s 2025 policy. The 2025 policy, enacted under President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, "generally bars individuals with gender dysphoria from serving in the Armed Forces," the court noted. In that order, Trump declared it "the policy of the United States" that "adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life."
Published at: 2025-12-09 23:51:14
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