Stone is challenging President Trump’s policy banning transgender people from serving in the military. (Jason Andrew/For The Washington Post)A second federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s proposed transgender military ban, finding that active-duty service members are “already suffering harmful consequences” because of the president’s policy. No decisions have been made, government lawyers said, about whether to discharge active-duty service members solely because they are transgender. American Civil Liberties Union attorney Joshua Block, who is representing the service members, called the decision a “victory for transgender service members across the country.”“We’re pleased that the courts have stepped in to ensure that trans service members are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve,” Block said. [Service members, gay rights groups ask judge to halt transgender ban]Estimates vary widely about the number of transgender military members.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2017 19:47 UTC