The Trump administration cannot deny funding for sex reassignment surgeries for active duty military members until the official guidance goes into effect in 2018, U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis of Maryland ruled Wednesday.
President Donald Trump abruptly announced his attention to bar all transgender service members from the U.S. military in late July on Twitter.
The White House later issued guidance to Secretary of Defense James Mattis who noted in his interim August guidance to the Department of Defense that existing transgender service members with a diagnosis of gender dysmorphia from a military medical provider will continue receiving paid treatment, but added that new sex reassignment surgeries will not be paid for after March 2018.
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