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Trump’s order to push out transgender troops, issued late Monday night, was instantly condemned by an array of activist groups as exceptionally egregious and ultimately harmful to military readiness. They say transgender people have been serving successfully for years, including openly on and off for the past decade.

A military law attorney expects challenges to President Trump's executive order will go all the way to the Supreme Court.

The order, which follows actions Trump took last week to lay the groundwork for it, gives the Pentagon 30 days to report back on its plans to implement the directive and 60 days to actually update its policy on transgender troops.

A new White House executive order declares trans people live under a "falsehood" that "is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.

The rhetoric in the president’s executive order claims that trans identity is a form of dishonesty and moral weakness. It’s setting the stage for further legal assaults.

What to Know Six transgender active duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops and probably sets the stage for banning them in the armed forces.

Within 15 hours of Trump's executive order, transgender troops and advocates filed a lawsuit alleging that the new restrictions are violating constitutional guarantees of equal protection.