Executive Branch

Transgender Servicemembers Sue Trump

Helen Klein Murillo
Thursday, August 10, 2017, 9:30 AM

A new lawsuit filed in federal district court in the District of Columbia on behalf of five transgender servicemembers challenges President Trump’s apparent reversal of the military’s transgender service policy.

On the morning of July 26, President Trump announced a major military personnel policy change in a series of tweets:

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A new lawsuit filed in federal district court in the District of Columbia on behalf of five transgender servicemembers challenges President Trump’s apparent reversal of the military’s transgender service policy.

On the morning of July 26, President Trump announced a major military personnel policy change in a series of tweets:


Helen Klein Murillo is a student at Harvard Law School, where she is an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Helen holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from the University of California, Irvine.

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