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Veterans and Military Issues

Started by Shana A, January 11, 2011, 09:24:04 AM

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Shana A

January 11, 2011, 09:24:04 AM
Veterans and Military Issues

http://transequality.org/Issues/military.html

Thirteen percent of all adults in the United States are veterans of the armed services. It is probable then that approximately thirteen percent of transgender people are veterans as well. Like all veterans, transgender people who have served in the military deserve the same respect and services earned by other veterans.

Transgender people are denied the ability to join the armed forces as a result of various discriminatory policies. Not only is this unjust to individual transgender people who wish to serve their country through military service, it weakens our national defense by barring qualified people from duty. The following proposals will end this discrimination and strengthen the military by attracting and retaining qualified personnel.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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