Gender identity: Supreme Court clears away for trans ban in the military

The Supreme Court allows the exclusion of trans people from the military to be excluded from US President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court decided that the Pentagon can be implemented as long as the dispute would continue to be held in court. The three liberal judges spoke out against the decision. This is not yet a final decision in terms of content, but still a great legal success for Trump. During his first term, he had postponed the majority on the Supreme Court far to the right with several sacrifications.

A lower instance had previously judged that the exclusion of trans people against the constitutional requirement – that all people have to be treated equally before the law – violated. Trump’s government then turned to the Supreme Court and called for the injunction. The government’s application should be permitted immediate enforcement of the arrangement. With that she was successful. However, the case could end up in front of the Supreme Court if he went through all the instances.

Strict instruction of the Pentagon

The US Department of Defense had ordered a few weeks ago that trans people should largely be excluded from military service – also active soldiers. The Pentagon indicated that those responsible for the individual branches of the armed forces should identify all persons with a diagnosis or history of “gender dysphoria” within 30 days. These people should then be excluded from the military and honestly released – unless “their file justifies” the whereabouts.

Trump issued numerous discriminatory measures against trans people after taking office. Trans people do not identify with the gender that was attributed to them at birth. The World Health Organization (WHO) has no longer classified trans- and gender-various identities as a mental illness since 2019 to reflect a modern understanding of gender identity. An earlier guideline of the Pentagon prohibited discrimination based on gender identity.