An openly gay, Uruguayan-born federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. military not to enforce President Donald Trump’s executive order banning “transgender” soldiers.
In so doing, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes has joined a motley crew of left-wing, activist judges who are openly defying Trump’s directives in furtherance of his America-First agenda.
In a rambling, 79-page opinion granting a preliminary injunction against the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Reyes slammed Trump’s transgender military ban as unfair and fueled by animus.
“The Military Ban is soaked in animus and dripping with pretext,” Reyes wrote.
She adds: “Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact.”
Reyes laughably insisted that Trump has not proven that allowing trans individuals in the Armed Forces compromises military readiness.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes just ordered the military to not enforce President Trump’s order banning transgenders from the military.
A judge now believes she can tell the Commander in Chief who can serve under him. This is disgraceful. pic.twitter.com/lrOvCdLArQ
— George (@BehizyTweets) March 18, 2025
In his Jan. 27 executive order, Trump said men who pretend to be women (and vice-versa) have physical and mental handicaps that undermine the “high mental and physical health standards to ensure our military can deploy, fight, and win, including in austere conditions and without the benefit of routine medical treatment or special provisions.”
Do you believe anyone struggling with an untreated mental disorders – including transgender individuals – should be kept out of the military?
“Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life,” the president wrote.
He also explained, “A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.”
Trump noted that it’s not just gender dysphoria — a debilitating psychological condition — that precludes an individual from meeting military fitness standards.
“[M]any mental and physical health conditions are incompatible with active duty, from conditions that require substantial medication or medical treatment to bipolar and related disorders, eating disorders, suicidality, and prior psychiatric hospitalization,” he noted.
Numerous scientific studies have concluded that transgender individuals are significantly more prone to suicide, depression, schizophrenia, drug abuse, and other mental health crises.
Feels like this should be a bigger story
Study of 100,000 patients who received trans surgery shows increase in suicidal ideation, depression, and substance abuse pic.twitter.com/UdgpA4JFaA
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 6, 2025
It is well-documented that radical surgeries — such as breast implants or removals, penile implants or removals — are very expensive and require lengthy recovery periods.
If you’re a soldier whose job is to protect the homeland, it’s unquestionable that taking months off to heal from “sex-change” operations while taking daily doses of potent painkillers would undermine your military readiness.
It’s the same situation for people who get numerous plastic surgeries or undergo cancer treatments. Recovery takes time and exacts an emotional toll.
For Judge Ana Reyes to pretend that the hormone therapies, surgeries, and drug regimens an individual must undergo in order to “transition” has no impact on their ability to perform their job properly is patently absurd.
🇺🇸12X HIGHER SUICIDE RISK AFTER TRANSGENDER SURGERY
Greg Gutfeld:
“A new study found individuals who underwent gender-affirming surgery had a 12 times higher risk of suicide attempts.”
Dr. Drew:
“People are getting very screwed up about the difference between gender and sex.… pic.twitter.com/2MfGU0iQEj
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 21, 2024
Reyes trying to block Trump’s executive order is a pernicious subversion of the will of the American people who voted him into office.
Does anyone actually think the nation’s founders thought it would be a great idea to let women who pretend to be men defend the homeland?
Unelected rogue judges are trying to steal years of time from a 4 year term.
It’s the most egregious theft one can imagine: robbing the vote and voice of the American People.
Any “conservative” legal commentator who fails to condemn this lunacy has lost all credibility forever.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) March 19, 2025
Instead of frivolously issuing injunctions, activist judges who oppose Trump‘s agenda should try to win a presidential election if they want to socially re-engineer American society.
In the meanwhile, they should stick to their day jobs and interpret laws that are already in the books and not illegally legislate from the bench. Nobody voted for them.
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