granted a waiver by the U.S. Navy last month.Representatives of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a voluntary dismissal of their complaint in the Doe v.
Esper case after their client, Naval Lt. Jane Doe, was told she will be granted a waiver to serve in her “preferred gender” — the first such waiver granted since President Trump’s ban on transgender service members went into effect last year.In the motion for voluntary dismissal — without prejudice, meaning the lawsuit can be revived if the Navy or the Department of Defense attempt to forcibly discharge her at a future date — Doe’s lawyers notified the court that she no longer intends to pursue the lawsuit.“Because Lieutenant Doe is now.
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