The US Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to start discharging thousands of transgender servicemembers, including people who have served openly for years.
Over three dissents, the justices dealt a major blow to LGBTQ rights, pausing a lower court order that had put President Donald Trump’s new ban on hold during a legal fight.
MrSnrub_92 on
Support the Troops my ass
La-Boheme-1896 on
President Bonespurs removing people who have been serving the country well, for no good reason, just to further demonize a vulnerable group to satisfy bigots.
This is disgusting.
SharpNSlick on
Isn’t military recruitment way down? How can they afford to keep purging their ranks and hope to maintain a standing military?
Responsible-Room-645 on
Another stellar performance by the compromised Supreme Court.
I’m wondering why the troops need to exhibit humility and selflessness but none of their executive branch leaders do. Not to mention honor, truthfulness and discipline.
sane_sober61 on
This is a horrendous ruling, but at least I know my trans daughter will not have to serve if Trump gets us in some stupid war.
Short-Ring-9705 on
Why should anyone sign up? They don’t want to take care of you after your out or in.
Troubled202 on
What a corrupt Supreme Court. Civil rights are on the chopping block. Performance based on merit my ass.
WmnChief on
Weakening our military now
breadman_toast on
Anybody who openly supports this should be required to serve in their place. Of all the things I can’t understand about these people, their desire to push willing service members away from serving might be at the top of the list.
mysticrhythms on
When there is actual data that demonstrates that Trump and Hegseth are just making shit up.
Embarrassing.
TheBoosThree on
Join the military to serve a country that has done little but harass you only to be dismissed by a rapist who dodged military service.
Global-Statement-113 on
Wow, they are ready to die for their country but Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, won’t let them!!
Correct_Juggernaut24 on
I hate my country so fucking much. It’s all because of this man and his placed henchmen.
m1j2p3 on
This is not surprising considering the same court ruled that more than half the population can’t make their own health care decisions. This is a terrible ruling with consequences that will harm honorable Americans for no objective benefit to anyone.
Crystaldaddy on
This is so embarrassing. Another paragraph in the shitty trump chapters.
Fomentor on
The Supreme Court is just another instrument of oppression. They long ago gave up protecting our rights and now only exist to serve the fascist and oligarchs. My heart is broken with this final collapse if our democratic ideals.
Laves_ on
Conservatives, and please let them answer, how does this help the military? If someone has proven their qualifications to be a part of the military, how does gender disqualify them?
JabbaTheNutt__ on
In a firefight, survival comes down to skill, trust, and teamwork—nothing else. No one has time to worry about gender identity when lives are on the line. If someone is trained, capable, and has your back, that’s all that matters. This decision just weakened the US military.
ErusTenebre on
Can you imagine being so hated that the president uses his uninhibited power to force you out of a position you sacrificed many different paths in life to take because you thought it was the right thing to do?
This will affect roughly .7% of the military.
7/10ths of a percent.
~20,000 military personnel that work for their country.
It’s so fucking hateful and stupid that it should have drawn derisive laughter from any judge.
Instead we get this.
What a fucked up country.
bignasty410 on
So can someone say they are about to transition if there were ever another draft this disqualifying them? Doubt there would be a draft but just saying
kelefreak on
We’re too strong for sports, but too weak for the military, and too strong for public bathrooms, but too weak to handle basic cosmetic surgeries. What’s the truth, conservatives?
darkoh84 on
In a country that says they have a recruiting problem it’s crazy to think they would turn away people that are willing and physically qualify (other than this new disqualification) for service.
Ben_Pharten on
Seems like he is taking a lot of evil actions to weaken the country overall. The military, the economy, the middle class, you name it.
pkubee on
Because we need less people defending this nation🤦🏽♀️ way to go less than supreme court.
lotta_love on
The far-right black-robed troglodyte supermajority’s evisceration of American women’s reproductive freedom 3 years ago next month was only the beginning.
Barring transgender Americans from voluntarily serving their country in uniform constitutes Republican LGBTQ-loathing bigotry at its foulest.
Today’s decision is wrapped in the same brand of preposterously rationalized judicial horseshit deployed to place women in politically red states at the mercy of Republican forced-birth fanatics who place more value on dead fetuses than saving the lives of women at death’s door from pregnancy complications.
Marriage equality, the Affordable Care Act, no-fault divorce, and who knows what else appear eminently on the chopping block, with Trump’s return to power ultimately thinning the ranks of lower-court judges willing to block Trump’s hateful lunacies at the starting gate.
Major_A21 on
Discharge people from a volunteer military seems like a big brain move. /s
VRGIMP27 on
All 5000 out of 1.35 million active duty servicemen.
Ostracizing 5000 people who have done their duty with distinction and honor, earning their way is disgusting
ToastyJackson on
Weakening the military to own the libs
itWasALuckyWind on
I am terrified of the decisions they’ll drop in the middle of pride month. As they have made a spiteful tradition of ever since overturning Roe.
They have signaled intent. Unambiguously.
BaconHammer9000 on
Who’s next MAGA? It’s the women and the non-whites, right?
Grand_Stranger_3262 on
So they’re allowing trans people to be removed in advance of the actual ruling? And if the ruling is that trans people can be in the military, will they drag them back? Are we talking honorable discharges, or will they have the taint of medical discharges on them?
Oceanbreeze871 on
Life, liberty and the pursuit is happiness is apparently “woke”
Mr_Horsejr on
And this is why everyone that was praising the SC for one ruling should take note—they’re okay with things… just not with anyone threatening their power.
If they could find a way to consolidate all judicial power into their court, they probably would.
bramley36 on
This is so stupid at a time when the services are finding it difficult to find qualified people.
32FlavorsofCrazy on
LGBQ and + are next, I guarantee it!
redrocketredglare on
I support ANYONE that wants to defend this country. Once again something so un-American the orange man does that is now becoming the norm. I hate this time line
QDSchro on
And then conservatives wonder why no one wants to serve their country. I don’t think it’s lack of patriotism…
No one wants a job that they have to sacrifice a lot of things for knowing that in return the government will screw them whenever it possibly can…..the government literally asks you to give 100%( your body, your mind, your wellbeing) all so that it can discard you like you’re trash. If they break you they try to do everything possibly not to compensate you for the pain they caused…..and of course anything that the government agreed to do for you when you sign up, the government tried its best to weasel its way out of its own word….
No one wants that.
mishma2005 on
Gilead SCOTUS
Small_Cutie8461 on
Congratulations we lost about 150 to 1000 people. And what the Trump administration is done is piss on the military again. They have pissed on military families, friends of the military, and everybody else that matters in that stack so to speak. All he’s doing is creating more enemies.
GeistMD on
Damn republicans just love to hate and hurt, they are just horrendous individuals.
Bravely_Default on
Does this mean anyone looking to get discharged or avoid a draft can say they use they/them pronouns?
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From Bloomberg News reporter [Greg Stohr](https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ABoe0szR3_0/greg-stohr):
The US Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to start discharging thousands of transgender servicemembers, including people who have served openly for years.
Over three dissents, the justices dealt a major blow to LGBTQ rights, pausing a lower court order that had put President Donald Trump’s new ban on hold during a legal fight.
Support the Troops my ass
President Bonespurs removing people who have been serving the country well, for no good reason, just to further demonize a vulnerable group to satisfy bigots.
This is disgusting.
Isn’t military recruitment way down? How can they afford to keep purging their ranks and hope to maintain a standing military?
Another stellar performance by the compromised Supreme Court.
>Trump issued his ban through [a Jan. 27 executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness/), which said expressing a “false” gender identity “conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle” and “is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.”
I’m wondering why the troops need to exhibit humility and selflessness but none of their executive branch leaders do. Not to mention honor, truthfulness and discipline.
This is a horrendous ruling, but at least I know my trans daughter will not have to serve if Trump gets us in some stupid war.
Why should anyone sign up? They don’t want to take care of you after your out or in.
What a corrupt Supreme Court. Civil rights are on the chopping block. Performance based on merit my ass.
Weakening our military now
Anybody who openly supports this should be required to serve in their place. Of all the things I can’t understand about these people, their desire to push willing service members away from serving might be at the top of the list.
When there is actual data that demonstrates that Trump and Hegseth are just making shit up.
Embarrassing.
Join the military to serve a country that has done little but harass you only to be dismissed by a rapist who dodged military service.
Wow, they are ready to die for their country but Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, won’t let them!!
I hate my country so fucking much. It’s all because of this man and his placed henchmen.
This is not surprising considering the same court ruled that more than half the population can’t make their own health care decisions. This is a terrible ruling with consequences that will harm honorable Americans for no objective benefit to anyone.
This is so embarrassing. Another paragraph in the shitty trump chapters.
The Supreme Court is just another instrument of oppression. They long ago gave up protecting our rights and now only exist to serve the fascist and oligarchs. My heart is broken with this final collapse if our democratic ideals.
Conservatives, and please let them answer, how does this help the military? If someone has proven their qualifications to be a part of the military, how does gender disqualify them?
In a firefight, survival comes down to skill, trust, and teamwork—nothing else. No one has time to worry about gender identity when lives are on the line. If someone is trained, capable, and has your back, that’s all that matters. This decision just weakened the US military.
Can you imagine being so hated that the president uses his uninhibited power to force you out of a position you sacrificed many different paths in life to take because you thought it was the right thing to do?
This will affect roughly .7% of the military.
7/10ths of a percent.
~20,000 military personnel that work for their country.
It’s so fucking hateful and stupid that it should have drawn derisive laughter from any judge.
Instead we get this.
What a fucked up country.
So can someone say they are about to transition if there were ever another draft this disqualifying them? Doubt there would be a draft but just saying
We’re too strong for sports, but too weak for the military, and too strong for public bathrooms, but too weak to handle basic cosmetic surgeries. What’s the truth, conservatives?
In a country that says they have a recruiting problem it’s crazy to think they would turn away people that are willing and physically qualify (other than this new disqualification) for service.
Seems like he is taking a lot of evil actions to weaken the country overall. The military, the economy, the middle class, you name it.
Because we need less people defending this nation🤦🏽♀️ way to go less than supreme court.
The far-right black-robed troglodyte supermajority’s evisceration of American women’s reproductive freedom 3 years ago next month was only the beginning.
Barring transgender Americans from voluntarily serving their country in uniform constitutes Republican LGBTQ-loathing bigotry at its foulest.
Today’s decision is wrapped in the same brand of preposterously rationalized judicial horseshit deployed to place women in politically red states at the mercy of Republican forced-birth fanatics who place more value on dead fetuses than saving the lives of women at death’s door from pregnancy complications.
Marriage equality, the Affordable Care Act, no-fault divorce, and who knows what else appear eminently on the chopping block, with Trump’s return to power ultimately thinning the ranks of lower-court judges willing to block Trump’s hateful lunacies at the starting gate.
Discharge people from a volunteer military seems like a big brain move. /s
All 5000 out of 1.35 million active duty servicemen.
Ostracizing 5000 people who have done their duty with distinction and honor, earning their way is disgusting
Weakening the military to own the libs
I am terrified of the decisions they’ll drop in the middle of pride month. As they have made a spiteful tradition of ever since overturning Roe.
They have signaled intent. Unambiguously.
Who’s next MAGA? It’s the women and the non-whites, right?
So they’re allowing trans people to be removed in advance of the actual ruling? And if the ruling is that trans people can be in the military, will they drag them back? Are we talking honorable discharges, or will they have the taint of medical discharges on them?
Life, liberty and the pursuit is happiness is apparently “woke”
And this is why everyone that was praising the SC for one ruling should take note—they’re okay with things… just not with anyone threatening their power.
If they could find a way to consolidate all judicial power into their court, they probably would.
This is so stupid at a time when the services are finding it difficult to find qualified people.
LGBQ and + are next, I guarantee it!
I support ANYONE that wants to defend this country. Once again something so un-American the orange man does that is now becoming the norm. I hate this time line
And then conservatives wonder why no one wants to serve their country. I don’t think it’s lack of patriotism…
No one wants a job that they have to sacrifice a lot of things for knowing that in return the government will screw them whenever it possibly can…..the government literally asks you to give 100%( your body, your mind, your wellbeing) all so that it can discard you like you’re trash. If they break you they try to do everything possibly not to compensate you for the pain they caused…..and of course anything that the government agreed to do for you when you sign up, the government tried its best to weasel its way out of its own word….
No one wants that.
Gilead SCOTUS
Congratulations we lost about 150 to 1000 people. And what the Trump administration is done is piss on the military again. They have pissed on military families, friends of the military, and everybody else that matters in that stack so to speak. All he’s doing is creating more enemies.
Damn republicans just love to hate and hurt, they are just horrendous individuals.
Does this mean anyone looking to get discharged or avoid a draft can say they use they/them pronouns?