{"id":76555,"date":"2025-01-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/01\/29\/active-duty-troops-file-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-trans-troops-order\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:14:59","slug":"active-duty-troops-file-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-trans-troops-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2025\/01\/29\/active-duty-troops-file-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-trans-troops-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Service members file lawsuit challenging Trump\u2019s trans troops order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six transgender active-duty service members and two former service members who seek reenlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order that calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/01\/21\/trump-revokes-order-allowing-transgender-troops-to-serve-in-military\/\" target=\"_blank\">revising policy on transgender troops<\/a> and probably sets the stage for banning them in the armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s order, signed Monday, claims the sexual identity of transgender service members \u201cconflicts with a soldier\u2019s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle\u201d and is harmful to military readiness. It requires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/01\/25\/hegseth-confirmed-as-next-defense-secretary-by-narrow-senate-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a> to issue a revised policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Capt. Gordon Herrero, one of the six active-duty plaintiffs, said in a statement accompanying the lawsuit: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing about being transgender that makes me better or worse than any other soldier I serve alongside. We are all here because we are committed to our country, and we are passionate, willing, and able to serve effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six plaintiffs include a Sailor of the Year honoree, a Bronze Star recipient and several who were awarded meritorious service medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve spent more than half my life in the Army, including combat in Afghanistan,\u201d said Army Sgt. 1st Class Kate Cole. \u201cRemoving qualified transgender soldiers like me means an exodus of experienced personnel.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit is being filed by the same legal team that spent years during Trump\u2019s first administration fighting the Republican\u2019s ban on transgender troops, which <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/7bda7809a10e4c6f9c9ff0077d4165f4\" target=\"_blank\">the Supreme Court allowed to take effect<\/a> even as the legal fight against it continued in the courts. Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/25\/biden-ends-trump-ban-on-transgender-service-members\/\" target=\"_blank\">scrapped the ban<\/a> when he took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit challenges the executive order on the basis of equal protection and argues that it reveals animus against a specific group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe law is very clear that the government can\u2019t base policies on disapproval of particular groups of people,\u201d said Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. \u201cThat\u2019s animus. 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