Thousands of transgender people serve in the military, but they represent less than 1% of the total number of active-duty service members.

Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow implementation of his executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military, one of a series of directives by the Republican president to curb transgender rights.

The high court filing follows a brief order from a federal appeals court that kept in place a court order blocking the policy nationwide.