Protesters oppose President Trump's ban on transgender individuals joining the military during a demonstration in front of the Army career center in New York's Times Square on July 26. The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's ban on transgender individuals joining the military. The federal lawsuit was filed in Maryland by the ACLU of Maryland on behalf of several service members who are transgender. Trump directed the Pentagon on Friday to implement the ban on transgender individuals joining the military, which he first announced in a tweet. The lawsuit says Trump's policy violates the equal-protection rights of transgender service members who now have “grave reason to fear for their careers.”

Source: Los Angeles Times August 28, 2017 15:00 UTC