Trump Bans Transgender People in Military

Nonetheless, the Justice Department-headed by Trump-appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose voting record on issues affecting the LGBTQ community has been described as “deeply disturbing”-issued forth its contention that sex discrimination barred by the Civil Rights Act does not extend to sexual orientation”.

A study previous year by RAND Corp. found that transgender military personnel have little to no impact on military readiness or medical costs.

Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, said in a statement that Trump had “callously turned his back on more than 15,000 current active transgender service members, the LGBT community and our nation” with the ban. In fact, TVSG Members has served in ALL BRANCHES of the Armed Forces and I might add many were highly decorated for their outstanding service.

Ultimately, everyone in America overreacted to an announcement that isn’t even policy.

The outspoken White House aide declared in an interview on BBC Radio that the military was there to “kill people and blow stuff up”. We don’t need righteous anti-Trump rants – we need jobs. If they return to the old policy under “don’t ask, don’t tell” at some point down the road, trans troops would be receiving general discharges marked “mentally unfit for duty”. A less-than-honorable discharge can leave veterans without access to benefits like VA services and access to the GI Bill. It was about bigotry and a willingness to put political expediency above respect for those who volunteer to sacrifice their lives for their country.

But unlike Jenner, who attacked Trump over his military ban, Dixon thinks it’s right.

What are the thousands of trans troops now serving supposed to do exactly? “And they’re human beings, and many of them are extremely talented human beings”. Trump’s decision to reverse it, by contrast, appears to have come on a whim. It is a domestic policy issue for the United States. No doubt some religious Dems are making a distinction between marriage, which they regard as a sacred institution, and military service, which they don’t.

With no sign of a plan for implementation of the newly announced ban, multiple questions have been raised concerning dishonorable discharge for those transgender individuals who are now serving and access to benefits accordingly. Being able to enlist for military service is the bare minimum of effort at trans inclusiveness.

Secretary of Energy Ricky Perry on Friday declared his support for President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops. And since we did it without the Military knowing about it, also proves that the Military has NO IDEA how many Transgender Military soldiers are in their ranks and have no way to control us from serving, so why try. Where do we fit in American society? “So to speak out against their president or anybody else.it gives us that fighting chance for anyone to have a voice”.

Gina Denham, who is the chair of the Transpire Transgender Support Network in Southend, spoke of how she nearly “fell off her chair” when she heard the news.