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Sep. 10, 2025

Keker challenges military's restrictions on transgender care

The plaintiffs are dependents of servicemembers who for years received gender-affirming hormone therapy through the military health system.

Keker challenges military's restrictions on transgender care
Sharif E. Jacob

Three military families sued the Department of Defense in Maryland federal court Monday, challenging Trump administration restrictions that eliminated TRICARE coverage for transgender care and barred military hospitals from treating their children.

The plaintiffs--identified in court filings as Diana Doe, Nathan Noe and Parker Poe--are dependents of servicemembers who for years received gender-affirming hormone therapy through the military health system. That access ended this spr...

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