Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28, their intent to sue the Trump administration to block implementation of an executive order to bar transgender military service members from serving openly in the U.S.
armed forces. The transgender military service ban was instituted by President Trump through an executive order signed Monday night and goes further than the ban issued in his first term.
While the order does not include details on implementation, it is effectively a complete ban on transgender people serving in the military that is expected to impact both transgender Americans interested in enlisting and the thousands of highly trained transgender troops currently protecting our country.
Among those named in the lawsuit is Emily Shilling, a commander in the United States Navy with more than 19 years of service.