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Fourth federal court drops final injunction against Trump admin ban on gender-confused soldiers

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Every obstacle to the Pentagon implementing the Trump administration’s ban on gender dysphoria in the U.S. military has finally been cleared away, thanks to a federal court rescinding the last of four injunctions against the controversial, long-awaited policy. Finalized late last March in consultation with former defense secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the policy disqualifies from service “transgender persons with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria,” specifically those who “may require substantial medical treatment, including medications and surgery,” except in “certain limited circumstances.” Already serving members (who have been estimated to total anywhere from 1,320 to 6,630) may stay but will be treated as members of their biological sex rather than their “gender identity” and held to the dress and grooming standards of the former. Current medical treatment will continue for current members already diagnosed with gender dysph

Judge blocks enforcement of Trump’s transgender troop ban until trial

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A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot yet enforce his recently-unveiled ban on transgender soldiers in the military. US District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Friday that the injunction currently barring the Pentagon from implementing the ban will remain in place, the Associated Press   reports . The Trump administration  revealed  the finalized version of the policy late last month. It disqualifies from service “transgender persons with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria ,” specifically those who “may require substantial medical treatment, including medications and surgery,” except in “certain limited circumstances.” The administration had requested that the court dissolve the previously-enacted injunction, on the grounds that the final policy addressed several original objections and should be judged separately. But Pechman, who was  appointed  by Bill Clinton , concluded that the injunction should remain in effect because there hadn’t be