DOD Policy Presumptively Barring Individuals from Serving in the Military Turns on Gender Dysphoria—a Medical Condition-& Does Not Discriminate Against Trans-identifying Persons as a Class

🚨Trump Administration seeks to dissolve injunction in military gender-dysphoria case or stay pending appeal, arguing it isn't a blanket bar on transgender troops, but turns on medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria. 1/ pic.twitter.com/bInOC8Pe2L

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 21, 2025

This was wise move because "Gender Dysphoria" is a Mental Disorder, and saying military can't bar folks for "mental disorder" by a court is CRAZY. Someone who is "transgender" but with no "mental disorder" wouldn't be barred, though per clarification. This the turns issue because the transgender lobby try to pretend it isn't a "mental disorder" but a matter of being born in the wrong body or that their "gender" just is different than their sex, and that's not a disorder.

But—any transgender who wants cross hormones etc. MUST be diagnosed with gender dysphoria to have it covered by insurance, etc. So Trump Administration is basically forcing Plaintiffs to admit they have a mental disorder for them to say this policy is discriminatory against all trans. And for Court to say military can't bar people from serving who have a mental disorder, again would be crazy. NOW most people condemning Court know its mental disorder but this forces Plaintiffs/Court to recognize it. [Tread]