A trio of military families is suing the Trump administration in federal court over a recent policy that bars gender-affirming care.
In March, a sub-agency within the Department of Defense (DoD) gave effect to a series of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump by instructing TRICARE, the military's health insurance plan, to stop covering procedures and services associated with "treatment of gender dysphoria" for "individuals under 19 years of age."
On Monday, in a 32-page complaint , the pseudonymous plaintiffs – Diana Doe, Nathan Noe, and Parker Poe – sued the DoD and several named Trump administration officials over the policy.
The lawsuit asks a federal judge "to hold unlawful and set aside" the new policies under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the statute governi