A federal judge appointed to Biden on Tuesday blocked the Trump Pentagon from implementing a policy that bans transgender forces from serving the US military without exemptions.
US District Judge Anna Reyes granted a provisional injunction to implement Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses' policies issued last month. The injunction was sought by 20 plaintiffs who are currently serving and serving in the course of enlistment.
However, Reyes gave the Trump Justice Department until March 21 to appeal the ruling.
Published by President Donald Trump Presidential Order of January 27, 2025prohibits transgender forces from enlisting or serving in the military.
The executive order states that service members have long-standing DOD policies.[f]REE of a medical condition or physical defect that is reasonably expected to require excessive time lost from duties for necessary treatment or hospitalization. ”
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Consistent with military missions and years of DOD policies, expressing false “gender identity” from an individual's gender cannot meet the strict standards required for military service. Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, even in individuals' lives, adoption of gender identity that contradicts individual sexual conflict with soldiers' commitment to an honorable, true, and disciplined lifestyle.
Within that provision, the executive order also expressly prohibits men from using or sharing designated sleep, exchanges, or bathing facilities for women.
Heggs was published later Order for February 7, 2025suspends subscriptions for individuals with a history of gender discomfort and suspends all unplanned, planned, or planned medical procedures related to affirming or promoting gender transitions for service members.
Follow-up DOD Notes on February 26, 2025given 30 days of military service to begin separating forces who have a current diagnosis or history, or have gender discomfort and are not allowed to waive.
However, the judge sympathized with the plaintiffs, calling them “thousands of transgender soldiers have been killed – some people are putting their lives at risk,” and calling them to others a very equal right of protection that the military ban attempts to deny them.”
“The court's opinion is long, but the premise is simple. The self-evident truth that “all people are created equal” means everything. There's nothing more than that. And there's nothing less than that.
She argued that several studies found that “gender-affirming hormone therapy and gender-preserving surgical treatments improve psychological well-being, mental health and quality of life.”
“Each treatment reduces gender discomfort, depression, anxiety, psychological distress and depressive symptoms,” she insisted. Furthermore, “long-term studies show very low regret rates, with most people reporting improvements in quality of life, body image satisfaction and overall well-being,” she writes.
Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff for White House policy and homeland security advisors, posted to X after the ruling.
Hegseth reposted Miller's post from his personal account.
According to CBS News, a Justice Department spokesman was called “the latest example of an activist judge trying to take power at the expense of Americans who voted decisively for President Trump.”
Breitbart News reached out to the Department of Justice for a response.
Defense officials said that as of December 9, 2025, of the approximately 2 million active and reserve forces, there were around 4,200 service members diagnosed with gender discomfort.
The January Congressional Research Services Report stated that between January 2016 and May 2021, approximately 1,892 active members received gender-affirming care from DOD.
Despite its small number, DOD spent $52 million on treatment of gender discomfort between 2015 and 2024, according to a Pentagon Memo on February 26, 2025.
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