Biden: No Question Transgender People Can Serve in Military

[stephaniec]

Biden: No Question Transgender People Can Serve in Military

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-question-transgender-people-serve-military-34229123

ABC News/
By josh lederman, associated press WASHINGTON — Oct 3, 2015, 9:03 PM ET

"Vice President Joe Biden says there is no longer any question that transgender people can serve in the U.S. military.

Biden is giving a keynote address to a prominent LGBT rights group, the Human Rights Campaign. He says all Americans are qualified to serve and should be permitted to serve.

Biden is calling transgender rights the civil rights issue of our time.

The vice president's statement goes further than what the Obama administration has said before.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has said the Pentagon's current regulations banning transgender individuals are outdated and has ordered a study aimed at ending the barrier. The White House has said President Barack Obama supports the approach."

[suzifrommd]

Interesting statement in an election year. Not sure what this means. Either we're so mainstream that a potential presidential candidate risks nothing by supporting us, or he wants to firmly establish his tolerance credentials.

Or maybe he's decided not to run after all, and risks nothing by aligning himself with us.

[Venus]

I found a video of the speech for anyone interested in watching it: