Andrea Stone
Gays In Military: 'Inclusion Without Equality Is Incomplete'
Posted: 10/15/11 11:21 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/15/gays-in-military-equality-issues-post-dadt_n_1013140.htmlLAS VEGAS -- Amid the joy of meeting in public for the first time and with the novelty of the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" receding, active-duty military personnel at their first conference here this weekend shifted focus to the rest of their agenda.
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This is by far the most sensitive issue remaining for the military's LGBT community. Of a dozen workshops Saturday, the session on transgender service was the only one that organizers insisted be off the record for the media.
The repeal of DADT did not cover those who have had genital surgery or identify themselves with the opposite gender. There is no statutory prohibition against transgender military service, but the American Psychiatric Association considers transgender individuals to be suffering from Gender Identity Disorder, which constitutes a medical disqualification from service.
