Introduction
People in the military are being told they cannot serve and being honorably discharged, and this is taking a toll on their mental health. The ban is being enacted due to the medical costs that comes with transition surgerys and hormones. This is said to be a problem even with the military’s annual health-care budget at is set at $48 billion a year (Gillespie, 2017).
Negative Effects on Soldiers Banned
Obamas ‘Don’t ask, dont tell’ policy went into effect September 20, 2011. Just a little over seven years later the newest president, Donald J. Trump has recalled this policy. What does this mean? This means any soldier in active duty or in the reserves will be honorably discharged, regardless deployed and fighting or not. A study …show more content…
By the time he was deployed he looked and sounded masculine (LaPook, 2015). He was stationed in a male barrack at base after and after few years, Wilson was due for a promotion. He only knew he was transgender while skimming the paperwork he received when Wilson got assigned there. He had Wilson meet him and told him he needed to know exactly ‘what’ he was. (LaPook, 2015). Wilson was then honorably discharged due to the ban prohibiting any transgender to serve. “‘It was the best experience of my entire military career,’ said Wilson. ‘It was probably the only time that I knew 100 percent that I could focus on my job without worrying about my gender coming into play”’ (LaPook, 2015, p.1). After he was discharged, Wilson was asked what he was worried about the most about and his response was something that took no thought. “‘My main concern was who was gonna take my spot?” Wilson said. “When you’re in a place like that, you cant really afford to lose anybody”’ (LaPook, 2015, p.1). Which is a really strong message, and many people agreed with Wilson. As for Wilson, he has already stated that he would reenlist if he could in a heartbeat (LaPook,
People in the military are being told they cannot serve and being honorably discharged, and this is taking a toll on their mental health. The ban is being enacted due to the medical costs that comes with transition surgerys and hormones. This is said to be a problem even with the military’s annual health-care budget at is set at $48 billion a year (Gillespie, 2017).
Negative Effects on Soldiers Banned
Obamas ‘Don’t ask, dont tell’ policy went into effect September 20, 2011. Just a little over seven years later the newest president, Donald J. Trump has recalled this policy. What does this mean? This means any soldier in active duty or in the reserves will be honorably discharged, regardless deployed and fighting or not. A study …show more content…
By the time he was deployed he looked and sounded masculine (LaPook, 2015). He was stationed in a male barrack at base after and after few years, Wilson was due for a promotion. He only knew he was transgender while skimming the paperwork he received when Wilson got assigned there. He had Wilson meet him and told him he needed to know exactly ‘what’ he was. (LaPook, 2015). Wilson was then honorably discharged due to the ban prohibiting any transgender to serve. “‘It was the best experience of my entire military career,’ said Wilson. ‘It was probably the only time that I knew 100 percent that I could focus on my job without worrying about my gender coming into play”’ (LaPook, 2015, p.1). After he was discharged, Wilson was asked what he was worried about the most about and his response was something that took no thought. “‘My main concern was who was gonna take my spot?” Wilson said. “When you’re in a place like that, you cant really afford to lose anybody”’ (LaPook, 2015, p.1). Which is a really strong message, and many people agreed with Wilson. As for Wilson, he has already stated that he would reenlist if he could in a heartbeat (LaPook,