Coast Guard 'will not break faith' with transgender members, leader says
Coast Guard officials reached out personally to their transgender service members to express support after President Trump’s announcement of a new policy barring transgender people in the military, according to Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft.
“The first thing we did is we reached out to all 13 members of the Coast Guard who have come out” as transgender, Zukunft told attendees at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event in Washington.
Zukunft said he contacted Lt. Taylor Miller, the Coast Guard’s first openly transitioning officer who was featured in a Washington Post article last week.
“If you read that story, Taylor’s family has disowned her. ... And I told Taylor, I will not turn my back. We have made an investment in you and you have made an investment in the Coast Guard and I will not break faith,” Zukunft said.
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http://thehill.com/policy/defense/344767-coast-guard-will-not-break-faith-with-transgender-members-leader-says
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Once again, the Coast Guard is leading the way on diversity and inclusion. They were the first that I know of to have a documented policy for transgender guardspeople.
LT Taylor's story
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/07/28/tyler-becomes-taylor-a-transgender-coast-guard-officer-in-transition/?utm_term=.5ff4c4c074cb
On a related note, the Air Force Academy Commandant is a Lesbian Colonel who has a wife and kids.
