Pentagon chief Mattis freezes Trump’s ban on transgender troops

[AnneK]

U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will first establish a panel of experts to provide advice and recommendations on how to carry out the president's direction.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/08/29/pentagon-chief-mattis-freeze-trumps-ban-on-transgender-troops.html?source=newsletter&_ctids=2444|Qverpg%2fSebz+Rznvy|395|32592|38636&_ctdigest=RfVHK%2bD092IUfuSrUE2yaQ

The Washington Post/by Dan Lamothe    08/29/2017

[lilcuddlymouse]

Nice find! I never saw that article. I was talking to my doctor on Monday and the official word in the military is still business as usual, though they are no longer planning any SRS surgeries which is a shame. There's still a lot of push from higher echelon officers to remove the ban so I'm still hoping I'll be able to get SRS in a year when I would be normally eligible.

[itsApril]

The good part is that the way Trump is going, he may be gone in a year.  The bad part is that if Trump is gone, he will be replaced by Pence, who is even more stridently anti-trans than Trump.  Elections really do have consequences.

[Roll]

The good part is that the way Trump is going, he may be gone in a year.  The bad part is that if Trump is gone, he will be replaced by Pence, who is even more stridently anti-trans than Trump.  Elections really do have consequences.

Just remember, Pence is also more of a traditional politician than Trump. He is far more likely to follow the usual political pragmatic approach in order to cater to re-election bids despite his more severe personal opinions. (Or at least I hope.)

[Dee Marshall]

Yes he's more of a politician, but his track record doesn't look good and, unless we can count on the rest of LGBQ to back us, at 0.6% of the population we're sadly lacking in political power.

(I should translate that sentence into German, it would look more natural.)

:

April 22, 2015, the day of my first face to face pass in gender neutral clothes and no makeup. It may be months to the next one, but I'm good with that!

Being transgender is just a phase. It hardly ever starts before conception and always ends promptly at death.

They say the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. I say, climb aboard!

Think outside the voice box!