Source: Washington Post
Topic: LGBTQ News, Mental Health/Health, Social Justice
Population Focus: LGBTQ Military Service Members, Transgender and Gender Nonconforming
A second federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s proposed transgender military ban, finding that active-duty service members are “already suffering harmful consequences” because of the president’s policy. Justice Department lawyers asked the court this month to dismiss the lawsuit because the policy is on hold pending a review by the Defense Department. No decisions have been made, government lawyers said, about whether to discharge active-duty service members solely because they are transgender. The military is continuing to provide transition-related medical care.