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Transgender Rights and the Military
Does President Donny Know What Patriotism Looks Like?
More transgender rights under siege, legal battle to come
There’s an enemy within the U.S. military, according to the Donny White House. Transgender! Time to ban them! “No more dudes in dresses!” Pete Hegseth says. Bring on the ban!
Thanks, right-leaning Supreme Court, you did exactly what we expected. You upheld Commander-in-Chief Donny’s ban.
The real enemies are the preferred pronouns of the person next to you on the front lines. Hey, Staff Sergeant Wilson! Wait. Where’s the pronoun?
Some have served for over a decade. They’re pilots. They’re officers. But according to the right, they’re not qualified to serve. Wait. They’re too strong for sports, but too weak for the military?
They can’t fly. They can’t deploy. They’re medically unqualified. Do the people on the right who denigrate them know any transgender service people? Have they talked to them? Have they seen what they can do?
But make sure the military has plenty of Viagra! They spend eight times more on Viagra than on gender-affirming care. And how many hundreds of millions will it cost to replace the transgender?