March 31, 2025
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday denied the federal government's bid for an emergency stay that would have allowed the U.S. Department of Defense to move forward with the Trump administration's ban on transgender military service following a Washington federal judge's decision to block the prohibition last week.
March 28, 2025
A Washington state federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's ban on transgender troops following a similar move by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., finding that the prohibition blatantly discriminates based on gender status and sex without any justifying evidence.
March 21, 2025
The U.S. Department of Defense asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday to lift an injunction blocking it from implementing a policy that the judge ruled wrongly banned transgender people from serving in the military, saying she had misinterpreted the policy.
March 19, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from banning transgender people from serving in the military, saying the ban is "soaked in animus and dripping with pretext."
March 12, 2025
A D.C. federal judge said at a hearing Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth either intends to ban transgender people from the military entirely or he's "sloppy" and says things on social media that contradict the policy he wrote.
March 10, 2025
Transgender service members filed a renewed bid to halt President Donald Trump's executive order barring those with gender dysphoria from serving in the military, after the U.S. Department of Defense issued new guidance the troops say effectively ends the ability for transgender people to serve.
February 27, 2025
Twenty-one states on Wednesday threw their support behind transgender service members and human rights organizations challenging the Trump administration's executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military, arguing that it will harm their efforts to protect their communities.
February 21, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed a misconduct complaint against the D.C. federal judge overseeing litigation challenging President Donald Trump's executive order ostensibly banning transgender troops from serving in the military, accusing her of bias after she hammered government attorneys for answers they provided during a hearing earlier this month.
February 19, 2025
The D.C. federal judge who on Tuesday called President Donald Trump's executive order purporting to ban transgender people from serving in the military "unadulterated animus" pressed government attorneys once again Wednesday, asking how they could view the administration's numerous actions against trans people as "anything other than total discrimination."
February 18, 2025
A D.C. federal judge Tuesday hammered government attorneys defending President Donald Trump's executive order ostensibly banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, challenging their claims that the order has yet to drive any practical changes when the Defense Department has already "paused" ascensions for trans recruits.