Apr 10, 2015
hey! check out this article about the army moving towards letting trans people serve!
currently, trans people in the military are discharged under gender identity disorder, not gender dysphoria, like what is in the DSM-5 and the latest version of the WPATH standards of care. the department of defense is currently reviewing its medical policy, not the ban of trans folks specifically, so i imagine them at least updating their policy to no longer be so outdated. the army in itself has made changes so that a top civilian official can only approve of discharges of trans troops--officers canβt just make discharges right and left. for the 15,000+ trans troops serving in the military, this is definitely making change.
