A federal judge doesn’t believe that transgenders would negatively impact the military

Donald Trump’s executive order regarding transgendered personnel is in front of a U.S. district judge. The judge, Ana Reyes, appears skeptical of the executive order’s intent. Reyes pointed to the less than 1% of the military service members, who use a different pronoun, and argued that these service members would not impact the military. She phrased her question as if the Department of Justice lawyer also saw the “same” reality that she did. However, the lawyer disagreed with her statement. Although Reyes is waiting on the finalization on the plans to carry out this executive order, she already has her mind made up about the order’s legality.

From ABC News:

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes is still hearing arguments Tuesday in the case but signaled deep skepticism with the claim that transgender service members lessen the military’s lethality or readiness.

“You and I both agree that the greatest fighting force that world history has ever seen is not going to be impacted in any way by less than 1% of the soldiers using a different pronoun than others might want to call them. Would you agree with that?” Judge Reyes asked during a hearing this morning.

“No, Your Honor, I’m not. I can’t agree with that,” a lawyer for the Department of Justice responded.

At issue is Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order that directed the DOD to update its guidance “regarding trans-identifying medical standards for military service and to rescind guidance inconsistent with military readiness.” While the Department of Defense has not issued final guidance on transgender service members, the order led to a pause in gender affirming care for service members and is expected to lead to a significant curtailment of transgender service members based on “readiness and lethality.”

With the DOD policy expected to be finalized over the coming week, Reyes said she would hold off on issuing an order but had largely made up her mind about the legality of the order, at one point remarking that “smarter people on the D.C. Circuit would have to tell me I’m wrong” about the policy. She added that the central premise of the executive order — that only two genders exist — is “not biologically correct.”

Additional Reading:

Charalambous, P. & Negussie, T. (2025, February 18). ‘Unadulterated animus’: Judge blasts DOG about transgender military restrictions. ABC News. Link.

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