Trump's order could affect more than 4.200 transgender people currently serving in the military.
The orders that the president Donald Trump signed at the beginning of his term after returning to power in the Casa Blanca already have real consequences. The United States Supreme Court has endorsed the entry into force of the prohibition de Trump against the presence of trans people in the militaryThe decision involves the expulsion of hundreds of soldiers currently serving.
The Ruling, which does not resolve the substance of the matter but lifts the blockade imposed by the federal judge, Benjamin Settle, represents a new blow to trans rights in the second Administration TrumpThe ban was passed by a Conservative majority. six votes in favor and three against, with the liberal judges Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in public dissent.
settle had declared that the veto violated the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees equal protection under the law. However, the Supreme Court has allowed the veto to apply as long as the Judicial process. Trump rreversed his predecessor's policy in January, Joe Biden, which allowed trans people to serve openly. His new order holds that gender identity is a "falsehood"incompatible with military values.
Transgender people in Trump's crosshairs
In the case of the order that concerns the resolution of the high court, Trump pathologized trans people and treated its existence as a mental condition.”Military service should be reserved for those who are mentally and physically fit for duty.", wrote the president, throwing away years of struggle to end the stigma suffered by the group. It was not until 2018 that the OMS stopped considering the transsexuality as a metal disorder.
The decree stigmatizes the trans people and cites the Department of Defense's premise that members of the military should “be free from any medical condition or physical defect from which an excessive time off duty for treatment or hospitalization may reasonably be expected”. The emergency response of the Supreme, in a way, endorses Trump's crusade against trans people and gives the green light to a vision stigmatizing about its existence.
This case adds to other measures of Trump against the trans rights, such as eliminating federal recognition of gender identities other than the sex assigned at birth, vetoing funding for medical transition treatments, and prohibiting transgender women from participating in women's sports. The Supreme Court will rule before the end of June on another key case: the legality of a law in Tennessee that prohibits gender-affirming medical care to minors trans.
