Human Rights
Judge blocks Trump's executive order banning transgenders from military
The judge ruled that the ban was in violation of the equal protection clause due to discrimination.
March 19, 2025 8:58am
Updated: March 19, 2025 2:28pm
A federal judge blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump that bans transgendered individuals from serving or enlisting in the military.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday ruled that the ban was in violation of the equal protection clause due to discrimination.
“Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact,” she wrote, according to NBC News.
The Trump administration will have time to appeal the judge's decision as Reyes delayed the effect of her preliminary injunction.
In January, Trump signed an executive order that stated that radical gender identity has harmed military readiness.
Last month, a federal judge also blocked parts of Trump's executive orders that limit transgender care for minors.
