U.S. trans troops return to 'dark days' under new policy, say LGBT+ groups
LONDON, April 12 - The U.S. military is returning to the era of"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policies, said troops and LGBT+ groups, as new rules that will ban most openly transgender people from serving came into effect on Friday.
"By dragging us backward into the dark days of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' the Trump-Pence administration is inflicting tremendous harm on our service members, their families, and the military as a whole.""The military provides all necessary medical care to protect the health of our service members, including those who are in the process of being separated," a spokeswoman added.More than 10,000 transgender people may be serving in the U.S.
But it allows members of the armed forces who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria during the Obama policy to remain in the military and serve according to their gender identity.Kara Corcoran, a captain in the U.S. Army, disclosed that she was trans last year, under pressure from the incoming rules that would have forced her to stay in the closet indefinitely.
"He's like 'I'll hold out and hopefully they will change the policy back,' and it's hurtful because I know that he will eventually get to a point where he can't suppress it like I did for so many years," she said. "The president stating these messages reinforces this notion that trans people are different, and therefore should be stigmatized, that they are not fit to serve," she said.
"When this policy is examined closely there is no justification that could possibly explain what the government is doing," said Peter Renn, of law firm Lambda Legal, the lead attorney in one of the cases fighting against the new rules.
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