The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.
The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in the military from transitioning.
Two national LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on Tuesday filed the first federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed the suit,
Trump also recently signed executive orders restricting transgender participation in the military, ending federal legal recognition of transgender people ... of Defense's TRICARE benefits ...
Two national LGBTQ legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender people from serving and enlisting in the military.
The president also ordered the Pentagon to end diversity programs, reinstate many service members dismissed for refusing the coronavirus vaccine and create a new missile defense system.
The order directs that federally run insurance programs, including TRICARE for military families ... by the Biden administration to protect transgender people and their care.
Trump's executive order bans federal programs like Medicaid and TRICARE from covering gender-affirming care for minors and urges legal action ... to protect transgender people and their care.
"It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called 'transition' of a child," he said.
“It is deeply unfair to play politics with people ... could lead to a transgender ban in the military The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE for military ...