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Aug. 9, 2017, 10:08 PM UTC

Transgender Service Members Sue Trump Over Their Looming Ban

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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg News

Five members of the U.S. armed forces sued President Donald Trump and top military brass, seeking to stop them from banning transgender people from serving “in any capacity.”

With the latest lawsuit, which seeks to prevent the president from reversing a policy put in place by the Obama administration, a federal judge is once again being asked to referee a clash in the country’s escalating culture war. Since Trump took office in January, the administration has engaged in legal battles over shifts in policy involving immigration and gay rights.

The service members, who are suing ...

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