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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trans troops sue Trump administration over revoked retirement benefits: ‘Betrayal of the sacrifices made’

Donald Trump’s administration illegally stripped retirement benefits from transgender service members despite the decades of service among them, a new lawsuit from more than a dozen trans military members alleges.

The lawsuit accuses the administration of revoking retirement orders that were issued to 17 trans service members who were forced out of military service under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ban on trans people serving in all branches.

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