AMA blasts Pentagon’s transgender policy going into effect today

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A Trump administration regulation set to go into effect Friday bars transgender people from the military unless they correct “deficiencies,' a description the American Medical Assn. said Thursday is unfair and defies science.

Army helicopter pilot Lindsey Muller, who started openly identifying as a woman in 2016, says she and others like her feel demoralized by the Trump administration policy that will go into effect on Friday barring transgender people from the military.

The Defense Department said its use of the word"deficiencies" is military lingo for when an individual fails to meet standards to maintain a lethal force. It is not a reference to gender dysphoria, a condition of extreme distress from not identifying with one's biological gender, Lt. Col. Carla Gleason said."The only thing deficient is any medical science behind this decision," AMA President Dr. Barbara L. McAneny said.

Muller said the policy will cost the armed forces far more in terms of losing experienced personnel like herself and training replacements than any costs associated with specialized healthcare for trans service members. She plans to retire from the military next year after serving 20 years. The policy calls for troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria to be medically evaluated before discharging them to see if they qualify as having a disability. Otherwise gender dysphoria can be considered a"condition that interferes with military service" like sleepwalking, bed-wetting, motion sickness and personality disorders.

 

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No mentally ill wanted.

US military not a test tube 4 LGBTQ 2 spirits & sometimes Y experiments Correct the deficiencies Pay 4 it yourself US tax payer should never be on the hook 4 your sex reassignment surgery Issue goes away if military stops paying for SR surgery USA will never be Sodom & Gomorrah

Imvisible stealth murder

If you can’t recognize your own gender how can you you recognize uniforms? Better to be crazy at home than in a foxhole.

Take it to court

Why are SJWs so anti-science? 🤔 XY-male XX-female. Biology 101. Sexual dysmorphia isn't normal.

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