A preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender-identifying individuals from serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Executive Order 14183, Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness, was signed by Trump on Jan. 27. It held that “expressing a false ‘gender identity’ divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service.”
According to the order, “adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.” The ban had not taken effect yet.
The executive order reinstates a long-standing Department of Defense policy that was changed during President Barack Obama’s second…
