Trump Administration Wins Ruling in Transgender-Ban Lawsuit
- U.S. seeks to bar many transgender Americans from military
- Appeals court sides with government; other injunctions remain
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A federal appeals court handed U.S. President Donald Trump his first victory in an effort to ban many transgender Americans from serving in the military, lifting a court’s injunction against the new policy.
The February 2018 plan crafted by former defense secretary Jim Mattis, at the president’s request, appears less restrictive than the blanket ban initially promised by Trump because it allows transgender people to serve if they do so "in their biological sex," a panel of three judges in Washington ruled Friday.