In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with its policy barring certain transgender people from military service by putting on hold lower court rulings blocking the plan on constitutional grounds. Demonstrators gather in New York City's Times Square in July 2017 following Trump's initial ban on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military. Trump, whose administration has also taken other steps to limit the rights of transgender Americans, cited the "tremendous medical costs and disruption" of having transgender military personnel. The revised policy would ban the service of transgender people who seek or have undergone gender transition steps. Not all transgender people experience gender dysphoria, according to the American Psychiatric Association, which opposes a transgender military ban.

Source: CBC News January 22, 2019 15:04 UTC