Thousands of men and women in this country make the courageous decision to serve in the military. Imagine having the bravery and patriotism to willingly be put into danger in order to protect your country. Many brave, intrepid people, however, are no longer able to make this decision, simply because of their gender identity. On July 26, 2017, President Trump announced a ban on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military, restricting thousands of possible heroes from willingly defending their country. The ban on transgender service members is an egregiously discriminatory act and should be effaced immediately. Due to the medical treatment the average transgender person needs, it is understandable why one would be concerned about the costs affecting taxpayers. President Donald Trump cited this as one of his reasons for the ban, tweeting, "Our military… cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs... that transgender in the military would entail" (Gillin). However, in an analysis conducted by the Military Times, it was discovered the military’s spending on medication to treat erectile dysfunction amounts to a whopping $84 million annually, …show more content…
Patrick Brady, a medal of honor recipient who served during the Vietnam War, states, “A patriot is one who loves, supports and defends one's country” (Brady). By the definition of a veteran himself, volunteering to defend one’s country, by serving in the military, qualifies as patriotism. Therefore, restricting thousands of willing individuals from doing just that would be restricting patriotism. President Trump has remarked, “When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice” (Trump: ‘When You…’). However, the action of establishing this ban leaves room for nothing but prejudice, closing off any and all room for
Mature and motivated. Proven ability to assist providers and veterans on exam days in any manner needed. General problem solving in a solutions-oriented manner for both providers and veterans. Update case statuses as available. Accomplish ambition to assist wounded veterans with a caring, positive, and patriotic attitude. Organized, courteous, professional, capable of following instructions from all levels of staff and associates alike. Experience in applying, general rules and regulations of diverse settings and environments. Competent to obtain and enter data from various automated data systems to affect admission and disposition of patients. Interpersonal and communication skills frequently prove constructive to others and team members alike,
Donald Trump is closing the circle of liberty for people, including people in our military that happen to be transgender by denying them the ability to serve our country as well
The issue being addressed in this study is veteran’s rights, most notably homelessness and suicide rates. The subject of veteran’s rights overall is still being pursued. Along with the mindset of the American public, to the cases presented before Congress, this is an ongoing dilemma. Caring for our brothers and sisters in arms is the socially responsible thing to do. Ensuring the public is aware, and promoting campaigns to raise awareness, this is what the paper will touch on.
Transgendered persons can potentially lose their position in the military. Although other political leaders disagree with president’s trumps proposal. I disagree with the proposed actions that transgenders should be banned from the military, based on material and nonmaterial components. The terms Heterosexism, cultural relativism, feminist and standpoint theory will be used to support my decision.
Banning transgendered individuals from serving in the military also contradicts civil rights. Civil rights are an assurance to the citizen of U.S. that they will have equality. Equality meaning, no discrimination against one’s gender, age or race. The decision to ban transgenders from the military is clearly an act of gender issues. Trump is not focusing on the problem with potential threats to the U.S. is problem is gender, transgenders. Its prohibited by the government to treat any being differently due to their gender. It does not matter if women decided to become a man and/or a man decided to become a woman, that a free choice and has nothing to do with serving this country. The ban against these individuals in the military also violates the Declaration of Independence, this is a natural right. This is a defilement of the civil rights.
Ever since July 4th, 1776, the vision of the United States has been to constantly improve the government and society in any way possible. Many historical things have happened since that date; slavery was abolished, civil and women’s rights have been signed into law, and just this summer, marriage equality has been made federal law. Despite the efforts to make the United States of America the land of opportunity and equality, people tend to forget about the people who made it possible for the United States to remain the “land of the free”, our U.S. veterans. Our U.S. veterans, over the years, have been treated not like they should have. Veterans have had social security benefits taken from them by the government in secrecy, and bad-mouthed in
Every day, there are American citizens who risk their lives for the sake of their country's safety. Men and women who believe that justice, peace, and equality should be served. However, within their beliefs, some choose to exclude transgender individuals who have the same rights and freedoms. The American society considers the world to be progressively changing and growing, however, seem to forget that in order for the military to survive the 21st century, diversity is crucial. Although the medical costs may raise the overall healthcare median per year, transgender individuals should have the right to serve in the U.S. armed forces because any human being who meets the physical qualifications and has a willing attitude should have the right to serve.
Judith Coburn, on her journalist said “The veterans administration (VA), the preceding agency of the Department of Veterans Affairs, will not be able to meet the needs of U.S. veterans,” veterans suffer getting their benefit. Since the Continental Congress of 1776, start proving pensions to all the disabled soldier because they could not be able to work. Upon the time they established news system to benefit to veterans. They three agency that benefit veterans at are Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of pensions of the interior Department, and the National Home for disabled Volunteer soldiers. The United States have a lot of programs to help the veterans but, throughout the country they are a lot of veterans that are are homeless
In 2016, former president, Barack Obama lifted the ban of transgenders being in the military. Now the question comes up, should transgender be allowed in the military? This is a very “touchy” topic as when discussed in verbal debates, situations can become pretty heated. Recently, current president, Donald Trump reversed the decision and put the ban back on as he made the announcement on Twitter saying, the military does not need to be “burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgenders in the military would entail.” (Caceres). Several members of the military have voiced their opinions on why they think transgenders should be allowed in with no problem.
Over the course of this past year the Veterans Success Center (VSC) has made huge strides in being more visible and more involved with other areas across campus. I wanted to concentrate on reaching the incoming student-veterans so that when they encountered the veterans program it appeared to be far more established than it was, and interaction with it being perceived as a daily opportunity. This meant that we would need to be far more involved with the early processes of becoming a student such as: Premiere Night, SOAR/TSOAR/Preview Day/ Veteran specific orientation and Veteran campus tours. We also wanted to be much more accurate in speaking to our student-veteran population, so we worked directly with the Admission Office to create an
Currently there’s a major debate about transgenders and their right to serve in the military. Many transgender individuals bring with them well documented mental and emotional issues that require a serious commitment of time, money, extended therapies, and trainings. Coupled with a very public and open battle with suicide are all reasons why transgender individuals should not be allowed to enlist in the military at this time.
In the United States, soldiers are currently returning home from war broken and scarred. While some physical wounds are clearly visible others are often hidden/invisible to the naked eye, but men and women proudly wear these wounds as a badge of courage and honor for protecting our nation. These men and women come home rightfully expecting help, assistance and care and get hit with the reality of poor care from the Veteran Health Administration and Department of Defense.
Thinking it would help to overcome his desire to become a woman, Dwayne Villanueva joined the U.S. Army at 17. Even while serving in what he described as a hyper masculine environment, those feelings did not go away (Tilghman). Dwayne, who identifies as a woman, has since legally changed her name to Laila. Although Laila has been accepted as female, both culturally and personally, the Army still considers her male. Laila is just of one of the estimated 15,000 transgender individuals currently serving in our Armed Forces whose life will be impacted when the policy changes go into effect which will lift the ban allowing transgender individuals to serve openly in the US Armed Forces. This much anticipated policy change comes after the Don’t
Is it right that Donald Trump bans Transgenders that have the capability to fight and train like everyone else? Serving for the military is a great opportunity that has been taken away from Transgenders, that deserve that opportunity, and here’s three reasons that Transgenders should be able to serve. Three reasons why Transgenders should stay in the military are they shouldn’t be kicked out and deployed out of the military despise their gender. The military will lose approximately 15,000 active troops that were doing an amazing job at serving our country. Finally, because the Donald Trump claims that the medical cost is too much, but training and getting troops up to readiness standards will cost more money.
The military excludes Transgender individuals from serving because, according to Kayla Quam, “In order to join the military, individuals need to meet the physical and psychological standards listed in the Department of Defense’s Medical Standard for Appointment, Enlistment, or Introduction in the Military Services (‘DoDI 613.03’)” (721). Because of physical and mental exams many transgender individuals choose to keep their abnormalities a secret, forcing them to live a double life. Many are disqualified because of mental and false health issues. For example, “Transgender [people] who have undergone sex-reassignment surgery are disqualified under a medical regulation during the physical exam,” and Transgender individuals who have not undergone “sex-reassignment surgery but identify as transgender are disqualified under the psychological examination” (Ross 190). The military deems Transgender individuals as unfit to serve, but approximately 15,500 transgender individuals are serving in the military and there are 134,200 transgender veterans (Gate and Herman 1). Proving that transgender individuals have served in the military successfully, playing against all odds the military is in fact wrong to classify transgender individuals as unfit to serve.