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Biden reverses ban on transgender people in military
Mercury News ^ | January 25, 2021 | AP

Posted on 01/25/2021 11:45:34 AM PST by Stravinsky

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military.

The new order, which Biden signed in the Oval Office during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office. It immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.

The decision comes as Biden plans to turn his attention to equity issues that he believes continue to shadow nearly all aspects of American life. Ahead of his inauguration, Biden’s transition team circulated a memo saying Biden planned to use his first full week as president “to advance equity and support communities of color and other underserved communities.”

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“America is stronger, at home and around the world, when it is inclusive. The military is no exception,” the order says. “Allowing all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform is better for the military and better for the country because an inclusive force is a more effective force. Simply put, it’s the right thing to do and is in our national interest.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: insanity; military; tranny; transgender
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What a bunch of BS.
1 posted on 01/25/2021 11:45:34 AM PST by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

Effin pole smoker


2 posted on 01/25/2021 11:46:14 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: eartick

Biden’s see this as a doubling of the number of “women” he can sniff.


3 posted on 01/25/2021 11:47:27 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Stravinsky

The nation is finished.


4 posted on 01/25/2021 11:48:02 AM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Stravinsky

chicoms ecstatic...

The Amellicans become easy pickings velly soon...


5 posted on 01/25/2021 11:49:01 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: Stravinsky

Oh well, Biden wants the people in the military to be just like him. And boy, he’s doing a fine job. Given the jokes of generals we got under Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch quota boy, this is going to be interesting.


6 posted on 01/25/2021 11:49:07 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Stravinsky

Back to the Democrat favorite sport: using the military for social engineering rather than defense of the nation


7 posted on 01/25/2021 11:50:04 AM PST by falcon99 (qu)
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To: SuperLuminal

Those pink uniforms for the 101 airborne ballet troupe are just divine.


8 posted on 01/25/2021 11:50:38 AM PST by Vehmgericht (12)
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To: Stravinsky

They belong in a mental ward, not on the battlefield.


9 posted on 01/25/2021 11:50:39 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Stravinsky

Just what we need . . . poofers in the military. What could go wrong?

One thing we can be sure of, poofers will open fire on Americans.


10 posted on 01/25/2021 11:52:42 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: bk1000

If they become POW’s, the opponent will send them back to us as they won’t want to take care of them.


11 posted on 01/25/2021 11:53:35 AM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Stravinsky

I believe the actual reason the Trump administration banned transgender people wasn’t because they didn’t like the politics. It was because most of them could not deploy. They required drugs or other therapies that would not be available on a deployment and, they were not capable of doing their jobs. Another reason may have been because the military would be required to pay for therapy. Not sure about that one, but I recall seeing a trans person discussing going into the military to get the surgery paid for.


12 posted on 01/25/2021 11:54:14 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Stravinsky

13 posted on 01/25/2021 11:54:19 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Stravinsky

May we assume this will be challenged in Federal Court?


14 posted on 01/25/2021 11:54:26 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Menehune56

That is a good one....


15 posted on 01/25/2021 11:55:31 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Sunny day....)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Under Jimmy Carter, homosexuality in the military was illegal. Under Bill Clinton, it became optional. Under Barack Obama, it became legal. Now that we have another Democrat in the White House, I expect it to become mandatory.


16 posted on 01/25/2021 11:56:17 AM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Stravinsky

A clown President and his circus.


17 posted on 01/25/2021 11:56:55 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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To: Stravinsky

I think I will call the current group in Washington “the gang that couldn’t shoot straight.” It seems that every time Biden has to make a decision, he chooses the wrong one.


18 posted on 01/25/2021 11:57:37 AM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Berosus

This is no joke: We will now have to pay for breast enhancement for the men & breast reduction for the women.

What kind of society does this?


19 posted on 01/25/2021 11:57:39 AM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Stravinsky

Put them all in one battalion and send them to Afghanistan.


20 posted on 01/25/2021 11:57:46 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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