The trans military case

 Newsmax:

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. military from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender people from military service while a lawsuit by 20 current and would-be service members challenging the measure goes forward.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington found that Trump's January 27 order, one of a several issued by the Republican president impacting legal rights for transgender Americans, likely violated the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on sex discrimination.

Reyes was appointed by President Joe Biden, Trump's Democrat predecessor.

In response to Trump's order, the military said on Feb. 11 that it would no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and would stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members. Later that month, the military said it would begin expelling transgender members.

Trump said in his order that "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."

Trump issued a similar order during his first term, during which already-serving transgender members were allowed to remain.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argued that the order was illegal, pointing to a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that employment discrimination against transgender people is a form of illegal sex discrimination.
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The military is not an institution with a lot of privacy.  When I was a Marine officer the urinals in the squad bays had zero privacy.  There was a row of them against a wall with no screens between them. The quarters for women Marines may have been different.  There were no trans-Marines in any unit I was attached to.  There were no women Marines in combat units.  They were in separate barracks on the other side of the base.  I think it would be difficult for a transgender person to function in the military.

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