As Trump’s ban plays out in court, America’s first openly transgender recruits are joining the military.

Logan Downs, 23, is preparing to join the Air Force as one of the first-ever openly trans recruits to legally join the military. Photo by Corinne Segal

Sammy Downs woke up in her car at 3 a.m. as Logan, her husband, slept in the rented Penske truck parked beside her. They had crashed there for the night, at this empty gas station somewhere in Texas, as the polling numbers rolled in and it became official: Donald Trump would be the next president.