AP source: Biden to drop Trump's military transgender ban

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President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military.

January 25, 2021 GMTDusk settles over the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021.

The move to reverse the policy has the support of Biden’s newly confirmed defense secretary, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, who spoke of the need to overturn it during his Senate confirmation hearing last week.“I support the president’s plan or plan to overturn the ban,” Austin said. “If you’re fit and you’re qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve.”

Biden is also scheduled to hold a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony on Monday at the White House for Austin, who becameIt was unclear how quickly the Pentagon can put a new policy in effect, and whether it will take some time to work out details. A few weeks later, Trump caught military leaders by surprise, tweeting that the government wouldn’t accept or allow transgender individuals to serve “in any capacity” in the military. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” he wrote.

But after that date, no one with gender dysphoria who was taking hormones or has transitioned to another gender was allowed to enlist. Troops that were already serving and were diagnosed with gender dysphoria were required to serve in their birth gender and were barred from taking hormones or getting transition surgery.

 

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this is dumb. Separate the sexes.

Then the military should pay for all elective surgeries. My husband was in for 30 years and my father for 23 and we had to pay for our own braces and glasses.

You know what that means. Everyone with a student loan (forgiven or not) is getting conscripted if another World War comes about. No excuses.

The transgender to the soldier: “umm which way do I hold this gun?”

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That will be an enormous recipe for failure. That seem to be this administrations only specialty though.

so, in a firefight, will the sergeant have to use the correct pronoun when issuing orders? And if he doesn't, does that mean he'll be brought up on disciplinary charges? More to the point, what if he is thinking about this potential during a firefight and misses something?

“largely”?

So.. they join, get their surgery and meds and all their “wants” taken care of and then get out as soon as they can? And the military pays for it all? How much is that gonna cost tax payers?

The Emperor does not discriminate against mental illness. All will be accepted; dissenters will be provided mandatory opportunities for re-education.

This is a no-brainer. I have no idea why Trump did that in the first place.

This is dangerous! LGBTQ recognize that body dysmorphic disorder is a mental illness but refuse to recognize transgender is just made up term for BDD & TheDemocrats aid them! Just because you're a man and like dresses/makeup DOES NOT make you a woman!

Healthcare please

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