After threats to the Muslim community, on July 26, 2017 Donald Trump barred all Transgender people from serving in the military. Reversing the policy Obama put in place when he was in office allowing Transgender people to serve. Since Wednesday there has been protest from coast to coast in the nation. It is no surprise that in response to this uproar Trump goes to twitter. “……Victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical cost and disruption that Transgender in the military would entail. Thank you,” said Trump. The fact that Trump identifies Transgender people as a burden is down right disrespectful because they are willing to serve the country. I completely disagree with Trump banning all Transgender people to serve in the military. Now that we have that out the way lets look at the numbers. In 2016, out of the U.S. population 2,266,883 people served in the military out of that about 1,000 to 6,000 of those people identify as Transgender. With that being said I do not understand why it was so important for him to ban Transgender people if they do not even make up half of the military. Also as far as protesting goes there is probably more people protesting than it is serving in the military. To all Transgender people do not sacrifice your body for a country that is not willing to so much as let you live openly. America is not the land of the free so the sooner you realize that it is only about the dollar signs you will begin to view things differently. So continue to live your life for you and not this country.
You matter to me…
Mizani