Posted on Jun 25, 2021
Army releases new transgender policy, but can it prevent discrimination?
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The Army announced new service-level policy Thursday that allows transgender soldiers to serve openly — in accordance with Defense Department guidance announced in March — while receiving medical care and setting entry standards for prospective recruits diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
Some advocates, however, remain concerned that the force may not be willing to protect transgender soldiers from discrimination after a field-grade chaplain officer received only a local reprimand this week for calling transgender troops a “a MedBoard for Mental Wellness waiting to happen” and “a waste of military resources and funding” in public Facebook comments.
The new directive, a modified version of a similar policy first announced in 2016, and then rescinded via a Tweet from former president Donald Trump, says a soldier’s “gender identity will no longer be a basis for involuntary separation or military discharge, denied reenlistment or continuation of service, or subjected to adverse action or mistreatment,” according to an Army release.
Some advocates, however, remain concerned that the force may not be willing to protect transgender soldiers from discrimination after a field-grade chaplain officer received only a local reprimand this week for calling transgender troops a “a MedBoard for Mental Wellness waiting to happen” and “a waste of military resources and funding” in public Facebook comments.
The new directive, a modified version of a similar policy first announced in 2016, and then rescinded via a Tweet from former president Donald Trump, says a soldier’s “gender identity will no longer be a basis for involuntary separation or military discharge, denied reenlistment or continuation of service, or subjected to adverse action or mistreatment,” according to an Army release.
Army releases new transgender policy, but can it prevent discrimination?
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What would Jesus Say!
For the Last 40! Plus years I had to get my self together, And No such Living will make it To Gods’ Kingdom. all they have is this world, Mo way is thats’ For me,And That is Telling Youths its’ Ok , And If one can show me in the World if God this is O.k , Then thats’ Cool, but if not so, I can only Love the Sinner and hate the sin .My Prayers are night and day !
For the Last 40! Plus years I had to get my self together, And No such Living will make it To Gods’ Kingdom. all they have is this world, Mo way is thats’ For me,And That is Telling Youths its’ Ok , And If one can show me in the World if God this is O.k , Then thats’ Cool, but if not so, I can only Love the Sinner and hate the sin .My Prayers are night and day !
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Jesus never asked us to “Love the sinner, hate the sin” and neither did any other Biblical writer.
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