Six transgender members army He sues Trump’s administration due to an executive order related to trans -heathening.
The lawsuit was filed by six current military members of the military and two people who want to apply. On Monday, President Trump signed an order stating “the adoption of gender identity in disagreement with the sexual conflicts of the individual with the military commitment to the honorable, true and disciplined way of life, even in one’s personal life.”
“Male claim that a woman and his request to respect this falsehood is not in accordance with the humility and selflessness needed from the service member,” the statement said.
Trump says the mission cannot be fulfilled if the army receives “political programs or other ideologies harmful to the cohesion of the unit”. Said long -time Ministry of Defense Politics says that service members must be without medical conditions and physical defects that would require excessive treatment or hospitalization.
“Hormonal and surgical medical interventions” are included when an individual claims that a gender that differentiates from their gender does not meet the “strict standards” needed for the members of the service, including the commitment to be honorable, true and disciplined, the command states.
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American flag on US Army uniform. (East)
Progress in connection with this command must be submitted by the Minister of Defense of Peta Hegsetth and the secretary for the Homeland Security of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for Monitoring the implementation and finding recommendations, if any, to fulfill the order of the order.
The lawsuit claims that the command is unconstitutional and violates the equal component of the protection of the fifth amendment. Prosecutors ask the federal judge in Washington, DC, to block him to be conducted. Fox News Digital addressed White house.
“Instead of based on any legitimate government purpose, the ban reflects animation according to transgender people for its transgender status,” the lawsuit claims.
Prosecutors include Honorea sailor of the year, the recipient of a bronze star and several who received medals of deserving services. They were identified as the reserve of the US army, Lieutenant Nicolas Talbott, Erica Vandal Army, SGT army. First Class Kate Cole, Captain Gordon Herrero, Navy Dany Danridge Navy, Master of SGT Air Force. Jamie Hash, Code Nature and Cael close.
The lawsuit accuses Trump’s command unjustly stop their military aspirations and careers, including Cole, which has been in the army for 17 years.
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Defense Minister Pete Hegsetth, left, and President Donald Trump, promised to eradicate the “awakened” policies within the armed forces. (Getty)
“Removal of qualified transgender soldiers like me means the exodus of experienced staff who fill the key positions and cannot be easily replaced, putting burden on our fellow soldiers who have left behind,” Cole said in a statement published by the National Lesbian Rights Center (NCLR) and GLBTQ legal advocates and veterans (joy law). “It’s just wrong – and it destabilizes our armed forces.”
Cole noted that she served in the fight in Afghanistan.
Herrero said his family has a long history of military service and that “he is the only career I have continued.”
“There is nothing that I am a transgender person who makes me better or worse than any other soldier I serve together,” Herrero said in a statement that accompanied the lawsuit. “We are all here because we are dedicated to our country and we are passionate, willing and capable of serving effectively.”
The lawsuit was carried out by lawyers from the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Legal Proponents and Defenders GLBTQ (Joy of the Law).
“The law is very clear that the Government cannot base the policies of disapproval of certain groups of people,” said Shannon Minter of NCLR. “It is animas. It is considered that the laws based on animas are invalid and unconstitutional.”
Trump and Hegsetth They vowed to suppress the initiatives “awakened” in the army and focus on the development of a deadly, effective combat forces without political programs or various ideologies harmful to the cohesion of the unit.
“Recently, however, the armed forces patients with radical gender ideology to activate activists who were not in connection with the demands of military service such as physical and mental health, selflessness and cohesion of the unit,” the order said.
The picture are American soldiers and American flag. Six members of the Transger Military Service sue Trump’s administration for the executive order they forbade them to serve openly. (East)
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Pentagon told the Associated Press so that it does not comment on litigation in progress or ongoing, but “will fully perform and implement all the directives listed in the executive orders issued by the President, ensuring that they are carried out with the greatest professionalism, efficiency and reconciliation with national security goals .
Pentagon has sent Fox News Digital to a lawsuit Ministry of Justice.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
