Posted on 02/07/2025 4:30:37 AM PST by Libloather
Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign, two leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military.
The lawsuit, which was obtained by ABC News, was filed in the U.S. District Court-Western District of Washington on behalf of six active duty transgender service members, a transgender person seeking to enlist in the military, as well as Seattle human rights organization Gender Justice League.
"By categorically excluding transgender people, the 2025 Military Ban and related federal policy and directives violate the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment and the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment," the lawsuit said. "They lack any legitimate or rational justification, let alone the compelling and exceedingly persuasive ones required. Accordingly, Plaintiffs seek declaratory, and preliminary and permanent injunctive, relief."
U.S. Navy Commander Emily "Hawking" Shilling, who according to the lawsuit has been serving in the military for 19 years, criticized the ban in a statement, saying that the measure is "not about readiness or cohesion, and it is certainly not about merit."
"It is about exclusion and betrayal, purposely targeting those of us who volunteered to serve, simply for having the courage and integrity to live our truth," Shilling said,
The lawsuit comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 28, rescinding Biden administration policies that permitted transgender service members to serve openly in the military based on their gender identity.
The order directed the Department of Defense to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender service members and stated that "expressing a false "gender identity" divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service."
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Seems as if such a claim would go at least as much for anyone with disqualifying physical or mental conditions.
Corporal Klinger whines, “Noooo—just when I thought I was finally going to make it out!”
-——the measure is “not about readiness or cohesion, ——
It’s about Commander in Chief. The CIC commands the military forces
Any chronic medical condition that requires medicine is a disabling condition that prevents service.
Trannies use all sorts of shots and pills.
I remember having to get a medical exemption for Claritin for seasonal allergies when I was an Army pilot. (That’s been relaxed.)
They should not be treated any different than anyone else.
Well, simple. Elective surgeries should be prohibited while serving in the military, certainly for the active duty, but I’d lean towards the reservists, too. They don’t know when they’re going to get called up.
They’ll lose. The President is the commander in chief and can get rid of these undeployables anytime he wishes.
the president can fire anyone he wishes for any reason he wishes.
It is called serving at the pleasure of the president.
So you mentally ill perverts, but .. your fired!
The order further argued that receiving gender-affirming medical care is one of the conditions that is physically and mentally “incompatible with active duty.”
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They cannot be deployed.
I’m betting most have/are doing the same just less vocal about it. Thanks for pointing it out.
Absolutely.
It time for LOSER PAYS! “LAWSUITS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.” Way too many Fag Feral “stooges in black robes.” President Trump needs to file a lawsuit against every azho who ever attacked him, his family, his relatives, his friends and neighbors.
The lawsuit is filed on constitutional grounds, equal protection and free speech, not that I think it should win
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I believe the court has already ruled on that issue. When you join the Military you lose some of your Constitutional rights and you fall under the jurisdiction of Military law.
However, more importantly then that is the Constitution set up three SEPARATE but EQUAL branches of government. I really don’t think the Court have any authority to override the decision of the Commander in Chief of the military.
If they were to do so it would weaken our military since everyone with a grievance would go to a judge and the judge could over rule the Commander in Chief, does anyone really want that?
I didn’t realize there were so many folks confused about weather they had a penis of vagina.
Dave Chappell says it best “L people are in the back seat of the car and saying, I’m so hot I’m so hot.” And it is true, except for Richard Lavine, they do say they are hot.
Better yet. Dishonorable discharge.
Better then getting Pregnant while on a mission.
Women should not be on Subs.
Some low level judge will show up and tell Trump what he can do and not do ,LOL
Only one question needs to be asked:
Do you require artificial hormones to maintain your identity and what happens when you don’t receive them?
That’s going nowhere.
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