Several transgender members of the military, now that the Trump administration’s deadline for leaving the service has arrived, say they’re staying to fight the mandate.

The administration gave transgender military members a choice between identifying themselves as transgender and agreeing to leave voluntarily by June 6 in exchange for an honorable discharge and separation pay, or facing repercussions if they choose to fight the ban, The New York Times reported Friday.

U.S. Army Capt. Katie Benn, who is stationed at an Army air defense battalion at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, told The Times she considered taking the separation pay and leaving, but said that since she has been in the Army for more than 12 years, she “can’t just quit.”

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