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At least a dozen transgender service members discharged under Trump's military ban say they're still waiting for separation pay, in one case more than $300,000. Seven House Democrats want the Pentagon's numbers.
Service members and medical providers describe a rush to identify and separate transgender personnel ahead of 15 September — the point at which an injunction and class certification in Talbott v. United States could finally take effect.
The Justice Department has petitioned the Supreme Court to lift an injunction protecting 29 transgender service members in Talbott v. United States, seeking discharges to begin before the case even goes to trial in 2027.
James Dale lost at the Supreme Court in 2000 so Boy Scouts of America could keep him out for being gay. Twenty-six years later, he's using that same ruling to fight the Pentagon's pressure campaign against Scouting America's trans-inclusive policies.
A memo obtained by a longtime gay-rights plaintiff shows Scouting America agreed to eliminate LGBTQ+, women's, and scouts-of-color programming after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to pull Pentagon support.
Two days after the Supreme Court lifted the injunction blocking Trump's transgender military ban in Shilling v. Trump, the Pentagon has begun moving roughly 1,000 service members toward immediate separation under Hegseth's 30/60-day self-separation deadlines.
