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crickets

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4. Discrimination against trans people is a national defense issue.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2023, 04:40 PM

Jun 2023

These bills are particularly salient to transgender people, who are twice as likely to serve in the military as cisgender people. According to the 2015 US Transgender Survey, one in five transgender people have reported serving in the military. Issues that target transgender people in the military and transgender veterans are especially harmful due to the large impact they have on the community.

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Republicans Hold Defense Funds Hostage With Military Trans Care Funding Ban [View all] icymist Jun 2023 OP

What a dick move Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #1

And Repukes say they're pro-military. sakabatou Jun 2023 #2

"We're pro-military!" Axelrods_Typewriter Jun 2023 #6

If/when the enemy attacks, no one will care the gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, LoisB Jun 2023 #3

Discrimination against trans people is a national defense issue. crickets Jun 2023 #4

Try running on that platform BlueIdaho Jun 2023 #5