--- title: Trump Bans Transgender People in Military: Celebrity Reactions description: Celebrities took to social media to sound off after Donald Trump announced he would be barring trans people from serving in the military. canonical: https://time.com/4874377/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-celebrity-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-26T15:50:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T05:22:52.000Z og:title: Celebrities Respond to Donald Trump's Trans Military Ban og:description: "This must be challenged" og:url: https://time.com/4874377/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-celebrity-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6198a500e857a531/6988d736196cf42aba0412f1/celebrity-reactions-donald-trump-no-transgender-military.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: President Trump Departs On The South Lawn Of The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities Respond to Donald Trump's Trans Military Ban twitter:description: "This must be challenged" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6198a500e857a531/6988d736196cf42aba0412f1/celebrity-reactions-donald-trump-no-transgender-military.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Celebrities Are Responding to President Trump Barring Transgender People From the Military > Sponsored content. 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Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 24, 2017\. Trump today called on Senate Republicans to start the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act, warning that anyone who votes not to take up the bill Tuesday is saying they are fine with the Obamacare nightmare. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:22 AM UTCPublished: Jul 26, 2017 3:50 PM UTC President Donald Trump’s [announcement via Twitter Wednesday morning that the U.S. government “will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military”](http://time.com/4874255/donald-trump-transgender-military-cant-serve/) has sparked outrage online. Some of the most followed vocal dissenters on the Internet were celebrities who took to their social media accounts to sound off on Trump’s ban on trans Americans serving in the army; while some, like [Janet Mock](http://time.com/4581350/janet-mock-trump-election-trans-list/), pointed out the sacrifices that transgender service members have made for the country, others like [Seth Rogen](http://time.com/4824795/stephen-colbert-seth-rogen-donald-trump-jr/) called on the Trump family to remember the [promises](http://time.com/4874311/donald-trump-transgender-military) that they had made to the LGBTQ community in the [past](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742771576039460864). See how celebrities reacted to Trump’s transgender military ban below. Janet Mock brought up the [integral role](http://time.com/4874380/donald-trump-military-transgender-how-many/) trans individuals have played in the U.S.’s past and present. > [](https://twitter.com/janetmock/status/890213855502241792) As did Caitlyn Jenner. > [](https://twitter.com/Caitlyn%5FJenner/status/890254837257981952) George Takei warned Trump that the measure disrespected the wrong community. > [](https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/890205306340421633) While Dustin Lance Black pointed out that “don’t ask, don’t tell” wasn’t repealed all that long ago. > [](https://twitter.com/DLanceBlack/status/890204460068286465) Questlove was not here for Trump’s transgender military ban. Mia Farrow made a case for challenging Trump’s ban. > [](https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/890202278480752640) While Uzo Aduba reaffirmed the equality of all Americans, regardless of their gender identity. > [](https://twitter.com/UzoAduba/status/890220367553462272) Seth Rogen had a message for Ivanka Trump. > [](https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/890221802307244033) As did James Corden. > [](https://twitter.com/JKCorden/status/890221559293460480) Zoe Kazan expressed her gratitude for the current LBGTQ individuals serving in the armed forces. > [](https://twitter.com/zoeinthecities/status/890201832680816640) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4874377/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-celebrity-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4874377/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-celebrity-reactions/"},"headline":"Here's How Celebrities Are Responding to President Trump Barring Transgender People From the Military","datePublished":"2017-07-26T15:50:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T05:22:52.000Z","description":"\"This must be challenged\"","url":"https://time.com/4874377/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-celebrity-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Military","politics","celebrities","viral","LGBT","Transgender","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6198a500e857a531/6988d736196cf42aba0412f1/celebrity-reactions-donald-trump-no-transgender-military.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6198a500e857a531/6988d736196cf42aba0412f1/celebrity-reactions-donald-trump-no-transgender-military.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Departs On The South Lawn Of The White House","caption":"President Trump Departs On The South Lawn Of The White House","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4874377/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-celebrity-reactions/","name":"Here's How Celebrities Are Responding to President Trump Barring Transgender People From the Military"}}]}] ```