Trump has been enacting a lot of things he had promised his voters recently. The most recent act has been his plan to ban transgender people from the military.

There has been a lot of disagreement with the executive order, especially as it goes into effect.

Keep reading to learn more about his plans regarding this.

A week after Donald Trump took his oath as the 47th President of the United States, he signed an executive order titled, ‘Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness’.

The policy aimed to ban transgender people from enlisting in the military forces and required current service members who identify as transgender to be removed from their roles.

Two national LGBTQ legal organizations, LGBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, responded to the order with a lawsuit. In March, the order was blocked US District Judge Ana Reyes, of Washington, D.C.

However, on May 6, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration, saying they could enact the policy even with the legal proceedings ongoing.

The order says ‘pursuit of military excellence’ is being ‘diluted’ in order to ‘accommodate political agendas or other ideologies’.

It claims that the ‘adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle’.