Even if they are, so what? People enter the military for all kinds of reasons, but they still serve their time and do what needs to be done.
most people don't join the military and immediately get a surgery that prevents them from actually serving for a majority of their enlistment
not sure if that's what happens but if it is i do know that it isn't a quick process to transition.
That isn't what happens. At all.
SpiralDrift posted...
As long as integration doesn't compromise the safety of anyone serving (trans people included), I don't have a problem with it. I don't know if that's been established yet or not, and I don't like the idea of social policy coming before the lives of our service people, but I guess ultimately that's what it all comes down to anyway.
Trans people have been part of the military for a while now, so I'm sure it'll be fine. Just like the bathroom issue, it was something that wasn't bothering anyone until Republicans made a huge fuss about it for purely political reasons. Trans people been using the bathroom they felt like using since forever. Really don't get why Democrats were blamed for inciting that issue when it was clearly Republicans, and Obama simply protected trans people by trying to ensure the status quo.
Not quite... Transgenderism was an instant disqualifier for joining and it was grounds for removal from the military (sort of like DADT, except it was still banned after DADT was repealed). As such obviously a transgender person couldn't post about anything about how they identified online, they were not afforded the same protections as other protected groups under the civil rights act, etc.
I mean, yeah, "gay people served" in the military, too, but they were at the same risk of being kicked out before DADT was repealed. ---