The Issue Of Trans Military Service In The News

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The Issue Of Trans Military Service In The News
By: Autumn Sandeen Sunday October 9, 2011 7:44 pm    

http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/09/the-issue-of-trans-military-service-in-the-news/

A couple of weeks ago there was a story in the press about a trans servicemember being discharged from the Army National Guard specifically for being transgender. From Louisville's WPFL article, entitled Fairness Campaign Spotlights Discharge of Transgender Soldier:

    ...Staff Sergeant Rebecca Grant was discharged from the Army National Guard after serving for over a decade. She did tours of duty overseas, including Bosnia and Iraq.

    In 2009, a fellow soldier revealed that Grant is transgender, and she was officially kicked out of the military two weeks before the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" this month.