President Donald Trump abruptly announced on Wednesday that the U.S. will no longer allow transgender people to serve in the U.S. military.
Trump said he came to the decision after discussing the matter with his generals and military advisers.
“Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” he wrote.
Although the policy has not officially changed yet, in the wake of the announcement, many designers and celebrities took to social media to speak out against the ban. Below, see what some of them had to say.
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Banning transgender people from serving our country is simply wrong. We should be so grateful to anybody who wants to serve!
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) July 26, 2017
Repost repost REPOST!! #TransRightsAreHumanRights pic.twitter.com/2hD2GqI9cV
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) July 26, 2017
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Not quite sure what respect is "due" this colluder in chief. He isn't worth the dirt under the shoe of ANY who serve. #TransRights
— samantha ronson (@samantharonson) July 27, 2017
I stand with you #transrights pic.twitter.com/qEY4GET51K
— Frankie James Grande (@FrankieJGrande) July 26, 2017
We should be grateful to the people who wish to serve, not turn our backs on them. Banning transgender people is hurtful, baseless and wrong
— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) July 26, 2017
