NCLR and GLAD Refute Trump’s Bogus Attempt to Disguise His Transgender Military Ban  

Washington, D.C.—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today struck back at the Trump Administration’s latest attempt to enforce the Trump-Pence transgender military ban. NCLR and GLAD filed a brief opposing the government’s request to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to dissolve the preliminary injunction in Doe v. Trump. In the brief, NCLR and GLAD shoot down the Trump administration’s argument that the implementation plan developed by Secretary Mattis is a “new” policy rather than the same transgender ban President Trump ordered.

Bichon fi was the first lawsuit to challenge the Trump-Pence transgender military ban and won the first preliminary injunction halting the ban. On December 10, attorneys on both sides will argue this issue before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. To secure an order keeping the ban from going into effect, NCLR and GLAD successfully demonstrated that the ban is likely to be held unconstitutional, and that thousands of transgender troops would suffer irreparable harm from the ban. Three other federal district courts have also issued preliminary injunctions blocking the ban.

“In direct response to President Trump’s orders, the military has produced an implementation plan that has the purpose and effect of ridding the military of transgender people from service,” said GLAD Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi. “The military’s own research on this topic shows that a ban weakens military strength. Transgender people have been courageous warriors. They have served on the front lines. The Trump-Pence administration owes them a debt of gratitude, not this kick in the teeth.”

“Secretary Mattis was ordered to implement the President’s ban, and that’s what he did,” said Shannon Minter, Direktè Legal NCLR a. “Four federal courts have independently concluded that the ban is based on discrimination, not military needs, and that enforcing it would undermine our national security by excluding qualified individuals simply because they are transgender. The government has failed to show any reason for the D.C. Court of Appeals to reverse that conclusion and permit this harmful policy to go into effect.”

While the administration’s appeal on the dissolution of the injunction is heard at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the case is proceeding in the federal district court where GLAD and NCLR continue to push the administration to turn over documents it has withheld from discovery.

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30 jen 2016Depatman Defans Etazini (DOD) te adopte yon règleman ki pèmèt moun transganr sèvi nan lame a, baze sou yon revizyon DOD ki te fè prèske dezan epi ki te detèmine ke pa te gen okenn rezon valab pou eskli pèsonèl kalifye nan sèvis militè a tou senpleman paske yo se transganr.

26 Jiyè 2017Prezidan Trump te tweete ke "Gouvènman Etazini an pap aksepte oswa pèmèt moun transganr sèvi nan okenn kapasite nan Lame Ameriken an."

9 Out 2017NCLR ak GLAD te depoze Doe kont Trump, premye pwosè yo te depoze pou sispann entèdiksyon an, pou konteste konstitisyonalite li epi pou mande tribinal la pou l bay yon òd preliminè nan tout peyi a pou anpeche l pran efè pandan y ap tande ka a nan tribinal.

25 Out 2017Prezidan Trump te pibliye yon memorandòm ki te bay Sekretè Defans James Mattis lòd pou soumèt "yon plan pou aplike" entèdiksyon an anvan 21 fevriye 2018. Sekretè Mattis te remèt plan sa a ("Plan Mattis" la ak rapò panèl la) bay Prezidan Trump nan dat 22 fevriye 2018.

30 Oktòb 2017Tribinal Distri Etazini pou Distri Kolonbi a te deside ke Doe kont Trump Demandan yo te etabli yon chans pou reyisi sou reklamasyon yo a ki di entèdiksyon Prezidan Trump la vyole pwoteksyon egal, ke demandan yo t ap sibi yon domaj ireparab san yon òd preliminè pou sispann entèdiksyon an, epi ke enterè piblik la ak balans difikilte yo te peze an favè akòde yon soulajman òdinè epi sispann entèdiksyon an tanporèman pandan tribinal la ap tande ka a.

23 mas 2018Prezidan Trump aksepte "Plan Mattis" la epi li pibliye yon memorandòm kote li "revoke" Memorandòm 25 out li a.

20 avril 2018Defandè yo depoze yon mosyon pou anile òd preliminè nasyonal la ki te pase 30 oktòb la ki te entèdi moun transganr yo nan sèvis militè ke Tribinal Distri Etazini pou Distri Columbia a te bay; yon mosyon pou rejte Dezyèm Plent Modifye Demandè yo; ak yon Mosyon pou Jijman Somè.

11 me 2018Demandan yo depoze mosyon kont-mosyon yo pou jijman somè, ansanm ak mosyon opozisyon ak mosyon Defandè a pou anile enjonksyon an epi rejte plent Demandan yo.

August 6, 2018: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denies Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Dissolve the Preliminary Injunction

NCLR ak GLAD te nan sant batay legal la pou konteste entèdiksyon militè transganr Trump-Pence a depi yo te depoze l. Doe kont Trump, the first of four cases filed against the ban, on August 9, 2017.

For more information, go to NCLR and GLAD’s website outlining the history and status of the Trump-Pence transgender military ban https://notransmilitaryban.org/.

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The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) was the first national LGBTQ legal organization founded by women and brings a fierce, longstanding commitment to racial and economic justice and our community’s most vulnerable. Since 1977, NCLR has been at the forefront of advancing the civil and human rights of LGBTQ people and their families through impact litigation, public policy, and public education. Decades ago, NCLR launched the first LGBTQ Immigration Project, Transgender Rights Project, Youth Project, Elder Law Project, and began working to end conversion therapy through what is now the Born Perfect campaign. www.nclrights.org