". . . every qualified American who wants to serve our country should have an opportunity if they fit the qualifications and can do it."The "qualifications" are becoming more apparent every day!
-- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
UPDATE 11/29/14: Obama's Cross-dressing Military Fantasy is Now Reality
For background, read President Obama Tells Generals: Back My Gay Military, or Resign
And also read President Obama Uses Military to Grant 'Reparations' to Homosexuals
In addition, read the saga of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army's most famous homosexual, now turned transsexual, and his imprisonment for aiding America's enemies.
What's next? In 2011, the Democrat Senate Voted to Legalize Bestiality in Military
Also read 'Beautiful Eyes' Lure Vice President Biden to Transgender Issue
-- From "Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says military should review transgender ban" by The Associated Press 5/11/14
In 2010, Congress passed legislation allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly. Hagel said the issue of transgender serving in the military is more complicated. He said "these issues require medical attention" that at times cannot be provided in austere locations.
A transgender individual is someone who has acquired the physical characteristics of the opposite sex or presents themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth.
The National Center for Transgender Equality said it welcomed Hagel's comments, which were made on ABC's "This Week." The organization's executive director, Mara Keisling, said the regulations that disqualify transgender recruits and service members are based on outdated prejudices and stereotypes.
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From "Hagel: Policies on transgender personnel serving in the military should be reviewed" by Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post 5/11/14
Unlike with the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which was repealed in 2011, Congress has passed no statute banning transgender service members, which means the policy can be changed without legislative approval. “We look forward to working with the Pentagon to end these outdated rules that harm our military,” Keisling said.
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From "Hagel ‘Open’ to Reviewing Military’s Ban on Transgender People" by Helene Coppermay, New York Times 5/11/14
In the American military, transgender service members can be summarily dismissed, as Defense Department guidelines describe transgender people as sexual deviants and their condition as “paraphilia,” with its connotations of the atypical and extreme.
A panel affiliated with San Francisco State University estimated in March that more than 15,000 transgender individuals were [secretly] serving in the military and the National Guard and the Reserve. Officials who worked on that study say transgender people are overrepresented in the military, compared with the rest of America, because many male-to-female transgender individuals enlist to try to submerge their feminine sides, while many female-to-male transgender people enlist because they want to be in a hypermasculine environment.
It remains unclear whether the military will seriously review its ban on transgender people, and President Obama has not addressed the issue specifically. In 2011, speaking to a gay rights group, Mr. Obama said that “every single American — gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender — every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law.”
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From "Chuck Hagel: Military's Transgender Ban 'Should Be Reviewed'" by Mollie Reilly, The Huffington Post 5/11/14
Earlier this year, an independent commission led by former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Joycelyn Elders found there is no "compelling medical reason" for the ban.
"We determined not only that there is no compelling medical reason for the ban, but also that the ban itself is an expensive, damaging and unfair barrier to health care access for the approximately 15,450 transgender personnel who serve currently in the active, Guard and reserve components," read the commission's report.
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From "LGBT Group to Obama: Sign Executive Order Opening Military to Transgenders" by Penny Starr, CNSNews.com 5/14/14
The report was compiled by what an “independent commission,” headed by former Clinton-era Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who was asked to step down after recommending schools teach children about masturbation as a way to avoid spreading AIDS, according to the Associated Press.
The report compared sex-change surgery and other treatments transgenders undergo to health care services that are routinely provided for all troops.
But Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent, nonpartisan public policy organization focused on military/social issues, told CNSNews.com that the Palm Center is an “LGBT advocacy group,” not an “independent commission” acting outside of the center and its purpose.
Founded in 1998 as the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military, the group changed its name to the Palm Center in 2006 in recognition of a $1 million endowment from the Michael D. Palm Foundation.
She said the lobby for transgender military service is also driven by the idea that sex reassignment surgery, hormone therapy or other treatments would become a military benefit.
“The paramount goal is self-interest,” Donnelly said, adding that the change to military law would be “yet another social experiment.”
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Also read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim as well as Media Admit Propaganda Overstating Gay Population
For the latest news on President Obama's transformation of the military, CLICK HERE.
