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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe and agencies

Transgender troops can remain in US military, but enlistment can be blocked, court rules

Cropped shot of a soldier wearing camouflage fatigues with an American flag for a patch.
Cropped shot of a soldier wearing camouflage fatigues with an American flag for a patch. Photograph: PeopleImages/Getty Images

Transgender troops can remain in the US military, but the armed services can continue to block their enlistment, an appeals court ruled on Monday in a split decision with potentially significant consequences for the Trump administration’s anti-diversity agenda.

The divided, majority opinion by a three-judge panel of the US court of appeals for Washington DC is expected to be challenged by the government. And the case is ultimately likely to reach the US supreme court.

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