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Trans Navy officer reacts to looming ban on trans service members in the military

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A person waves a trans pride flag during a pro-transgender rights protest on Feb. 9, 2025, in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Geirid Morgan, a transgender Navy officer and former rescue diver, about President Trump's executive order banning transgender troops from serving in the military.

Morgan is one of several plaintiffs in a lawsuit that is challenging the constitutionality of this order.

This segment aired on March 10, 2025.

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