Overview

• President Trump has formally requested the Supreme Court to lift a lower court's injunction preventing the enforcement of a transgender military ban.
• The Pentagon's directive, issued in February 2025, mandates the identification and honorable discharge of service members with a diagnosis or history of gender dysphoria within 30 days.
• A lower federal court ruled that the ban violates the constitutional guarantee of equal treatment under the law, prompting the administration's appeal.
• The Trump administration argues that the injunction undermines executive authority and frames gender dysphoria as incompatible with military readiness.
• This policy marks a reversal of previous Pentagon guidelines that prohibited discrimination based on gender identity, contrasting with international standards like the WHO's 2019 reclassification of trans identities.