Charlotte Clymer: "This is the first time a presidential election victory speech has specifically mentioned the word "transgender" and made a commitment to us. Joe Biden has got our back."

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[–]VioletRemi 24 insightful - 5 fun24 insightful - 4 fun25 insightful - 5 fun -  (4 children)

Well, banning transes from military made sense because of the mental condition, as there people will be shouted on, injuries, mental pressure and maybe killing of people or deaths of your friends. So obviously if person can't take being misgendered and cries out or becomes agressive - then they are not mentally ready for a military service.

[–]MarkTwainiac 29 insightful - 1 fun29 insightful - 0 fun30 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The ban made sense for a simpler reason too: The US military has always banned people from serving if they have any mental health or physical problem no matter how minor. Such as bone spurs on the heels - which is how Trump got out of the draft when he was young.

Anyone who is dependent on taking regular medication has always been automatically banned from joining the US military, coz when out in the field there's no way to guarantee they'll be able to get their meds.

[–]VioletRemi 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Then even less reason for them not being banned in USA.

Here (and in all post-USSR countries and USSR) - people in military are more "disposal" and military is obligatorily for all men and some women (my father is victim of such system, he became broken person after returning from there, not sure if it was the reason of him becoming an asshole tho). Our country is trying to go the professional army route instead of "throwing bodies USSR style", tho - so maybe it will change with time. However, because of Russian invasion and permanent war activities on border with them, it was halted for now. So we here can have in army even half disabled people, they would be sitting headquarters doing paper work. And mostly mental issues and some other disabilities are the only reasons to not get into military for both men and women.

[–]redditbegay 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

not sure if it was the reason of him becoming an asshole tho

How much of an asshole was your father before he went off to the wars in your country?

[–]VioletRemi 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mother said he was pretty decent person before, but a bit selfish and narcissistic.

He wasn't on war in my country, it was in USSR, and not war - there two trains collapsed, and military was sent to sort bodies and metal out, so he spent few days sorting dead bodies and human pieces. Mother saying after that he started to drink alcohol all the time, and with each year passing his mind was becoming worse and worse, until he started beating mother when I wasn't at home and being agressive to me and my younger sister.

His older brother and my grandfmother suffered there as well.

And me, as lesbian, would be outlawed there as well.

So I have pretty biased vision of it, as it hurted my family (including myself) multiple times and very hard.