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Hey guys! It's me again, I have a question for any military personnel here or anyone with knowledge about it. I have only started t blockers so not a hell of a lot of looks have changed.. So yes but not dramatic. Though trans people are allowed to join is there anything that may impede my getting in at all? Thanks :) xox Chloe

Obviously I'm not Canadian, but i know that for some time the UK military have allowed Transpeople to serve and indeed transition whilst in service. One of my very good friends is fully postop and serves on active duty as a pilot in our Airforce who actually even helped pay for her treatement, so that it could be completed quickly and with minimum disruption.

You need to find out before you start, because you cant just stay on T-blockers longterm. The human body needs one or other of the two sex steroids to stay healthy and if you block one then sooner or later (within a couple of years) you have to take the other, and when you do then "developments" will occur which will be impossible to hide in the intimacy of a barracks.

So you will need to be out to your unit by then which means doing your research and asking the questions now, before you sign on. If you do it now then worst that can happen is you have to make a choice between treatment and service. if you leave it, and then they find out that you have been less than honest it could become disciplinary, so hopefully someone can tell you the answer soon.

I think I recall reading that canada is like the UK, in which case you should be fine.

Thank you very much. I just hope it all works out for me!

One thing that can impede is whether or not there are openings in the field of the military you wish to go into. A few years back i tried to get into the airforce for more or less air traffic control, eventually to take officer training to become a fighter pilot.

I was accepted, had one of the higherst scores on their tests, however there wasn't enough people interested in that area to send people out for basic so I pretty much just sat there until my 2 years were up and had to take medical again. At that point I just said screw it and didn't bother.

Other than that though can really help with anything else. Just make sure that if it's something you want to do and that they can get you out for basic otherwise you could be waiting a while

Sweet thanks for the advice ^^

Just wondering... Has anyone else here been in the forces?

Any and all info be much appreciated!

Oh, yeah, there are!  Roll Call!  (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,96755.0.html)

Hugs, Devlyn

How did it go for you Devolyn :)?

Quote from: chloeD33 on June 11, 2015, 01:24:39 PM
How did it go for you Devolyn :)?

Now that's a unique way to spell  >:-) -yn! :laugh:  I'm a crossdresser/genderfluid type and I didn't start questioning or expressing myself until long after I was out of the military. I can't offer any hands-on experience there, sorry.

Hugs, Devlyn

Sorry I forgot how to spell it when I was making a replie xD! also may I ask, and what age did you start being more curious of the otherside. personally for me, though I m not a CD or never really was......but rather wish to fully transition it really started to come hit me sometime in 2007 at age 13..... dysporia never really came until the very end of 2013 when I was 19. sometimes I feel as though I am not truly trans or a woman because my questioning started at 13, not much younger as it appears in most :/. thanks :)

I started dressing when I was about 46 or 47, I'm 53 now.

I'm not convinced that all transsexuals know at an early age. Things can be pushed way down inside, too. I wouldn't give much weight to the fact that you started questioning at age 13. Most people never question their gender at any point in their life.

Hugs, Devlyn

I just thought I'd add that I'm fortunate to know some transgender people that are in the Canadian Armed Forces and a friend who was involved in creating the policies they have.

The transgender policies are some of the best and most progressive in the world, in short you should have totally equal rights and coverage. In practise you might have to fight the occasional transphobe but I think that's true of any work environment.

Thanks for the input!! Did they transition on the job or before do you know?

On the job :)

Quote from: chloeD33 on June 12, 2015, 08:28:57 AM
Thanks for the input!! Did they transition on the job or before do you know?

Damn I'm only on t blockers and there maybe a year wait plus 3 months basic training..