It has been one month since President Donald Trump placed a ban on transgender people in the military and now the next step in the process has been taken. Trump recently gave the Pentagon Cheif the final say on whether or not action will be taken against them transgender military persona already in uniform but there is still no further word on whether aspiring transgender soldiers will be accepted but it is not looking good.
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| On July 26, 2017, people held Human Rights Campaign equality flags were held up during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, in support of transgender members of the military. |
Chief Mattis has been given six months to come to the final conclusion on what will happen to the transgender soldiers already in the military. In that time though, the use of federal funds to pay for sexual reassignment surgeries and medications has been put to a halt. The only word regarding the whole situation came from Dana W. White, the main spokeswoman for Mattis which stated "“More information will be forthcoming.”
Links For Further Explanation
- http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/trump-transgender-military/index.html
- https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-08-26/fate-of-transgender-already-in-military-unclear-under-order
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-pentagon-transgender-ban-20170825-story.html
Discussion Questions
- Do you agree with Donald Trumps decision to let Chief Mattis make the final decision on whether the uniformed transgender can stay in the military?
- Do you think Trump really wants to give the power to the Pentagon Chief or is he only doing that so the blame is on him if something goes wrong?
- What do you believe should be done in this situation?
- Even if Chief Mattis lets the prior uniformed soldiers stay enrolled in the military, do you think they would even want to stay since they were dishonored and had their job threatened?
I chose this current event because my July post consisted of the beginning
of this issue and I thought it would be a good continuation of
the one, I did last month and I wanted to see if anything
else regarding the controversy
came up.
Transgendered people should not have been banned from the military in the first place, as they have every right and ability to serve. However, they have already been banned, and now we're here. I believe that transgendered soldiers should have the opportunity to continue fighting for our country. It's only fair, considering so many people probably had their dreams crushed last month, and it'd be cruel to take away somebody's current life simply because of what they decided to do with their bodies. Trump was likely only resting the decision on the cheif's shoulders because he did not want to be blamed. To be fair, though, he probably is tired of receiving so much backlash for his decisions. I do understand that he's under quite a bit of pressure, especially due to today's political climate.
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