Summary

A federal judge harshly criticized Trump’s executive order banning transgender service members and restricting pronoun use, calling it “demeaning” and “biologically inaccurate.”

Judge Ana Reyes dismissed claims that pronoun use affects military readiness as “frankly ridiculous” and questioned the administration’s justification.

She also challenged government lawyers on the order’s vague condemnation of “radical gender ideology,” which they could not define.

The order, enforced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, halts gender-affirming care and trans recruitment. Multiple lawsuits argue it undermines military readiness and unfairly targets transgender troops.