A trans woman employed by the National Guard is suing the Trump administration for its bathroom policy, saying she is having to go without eating and drinking at work to avoid using the facilities.

LeAnne Withrow served as a soldier in the Illinois National Guard from 2010 to 2023 and was widely decorated during her time in service, receiving the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal and Illinois National Guard Abraham Lincoln Medal of Freedom, amongst several others.

She joined the National Guard because she “truly wanted to give back to the United States and to my community” and said she “always wanted to serve” as she had a family history with the military.

“It was the privilege of a lifetime to be able to serve in the National Guard for 13 years and do

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