A pair of transgender service members sued the Trump administration on Monday following President Donald Trump’s “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” executive order from January.
According to The Hill, the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by two transgender men — Master Sgt. Logan Ireland and Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bear Bade. They argue Trump’s executive order bars trans people from openly serving in the military and subjects them “to unequal, harmful, and demeaning treatment.”
Ireland and Bade’s legal counsel, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, are also challenging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and acting Air Force Secretary Gary Ashworth over the implementation of the order.
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