Judge blocks Trump order banning transgender people from military service

She delayed her order by three days to give the administration time to appeal.

Nick Rondoletto, left, and Doug Thorogood, a couple from San Francisco, wave a rainbow flag and hold a sign against a proposed ban of transgendered people in the military at a protest in the Castro District in San Francisco (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodriguez, File)

A federal judge has blocked US president Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service.

US District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington DC ruled that Mr Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights.