Big news over in the U.S. that's going to shake the country's LGBT community...<br />The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to ban certain transgender people from joining the military. <br />Ro Aram has this story.<br /> <br />Several courts nationwide had backed LGBT activists by issuing injunctions that barred the Trump administration from pursuing its policy. <br />It was those injunctions that the U.S. Supreme Court put on hold Tuesday. <br />It was a close decision, with justices split five to four in allowing the plan to take effect.<br />They, however, took no stance on the legality of the ban, which continues to be challenged in lower courts. <br />Trump's first announced the policy two years ago in a tweet and was later officially announced by then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis. <br />It blocks individuals who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria - a discomfort with their birth gender - from serving with limited exceptions.<br />It also requires that military personnel serve as members of their biological gender. <br />After Tuesday's decision, the Pentagon sought to clarify that the policy does not ban all transgender persons from the military.<br />The Defense Department can also issue waivers on a case-by-case basis.<br />Before beginning to implement its policy the Trump administration is expected to need to make a procedural filing in one case in Maryland challenging the plan. <br />That request could be made this week.<br />Ro Aram, Arirang News. <br />
