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Civil rights groups to sue over Trump's plan for transgender military ban
Source: The Guardian
Civil rights groups to sue over Trump's plan for transgender military ban
Ban decried as ‘mean spirited and discriminatory’ as White House said to have approved guidance on keeping transgender people out of the armed forces
Amanda Holpuch
Saturday 5 August 2017 20.30 BST
Civil rights groups on Saturday announced their intent to file suit against Donald Trump’s “mean-spirited and discriminatory” attempt to ban transgender people from serving in the US armed forces.
Trump announced the ban on Twitter in July. Top US military leaders have not implemented it, since no formal guidance was provided.
But after a report published late on Friday said the White House had approved guidance on the ban, Lambda Legal and OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (Outserve-SLDN) announced an intent to file suit.
Sasha Buchert, a Lambda Legal staff attorney and transgender military veteran, said the ban was “capricious, irrational and clearly driven by anti-LGBT forces in the administration who care more about harming transgender people than keeping our nation safe”.
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Ban decried as ‘mean spirited and discriminatory’ as White House said to have approved guidance on keeping transgender people out of the armed forces
Amanda Holpuch
Saturday 5 August 2017 20.30 BST
Civil rights groups on Saturday announced their intent to file suit against Donald Trump’s “mean-spirited and discriminatory” attempt to ban transgender people from serving in the US armed forces.
Trump announced the ban on Twitter in July. Top US military leaders have not implemented it, since no formal guidance was provided.
But after a report published late on Friday said the White House had approved guidance on the ban, Lambda Legal and OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (Outserve-SLDN) announced an intent to file suit.
Sasha Buchert, a Lambda Legal staff attorney and transgender military veteran, said the ban was “capricious, irrational and clearly driven by anti-LGBT forces in the administration who care more about harming transgender people than keeping our nation safe”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/05/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-civil-rights-groups-sue
