As of January first the U.S military is now allowing transgender people to enlist as long as they can meet the required medical criteria.\u00a0All transgender recruits who have had gender reassignment surgery must have a doctor sign off that at least 18 months has elapsed since the date of the most recent surgery and that no additional surgeries are required. They must also be stable in their preferred gender for 18 months. President Trump tweeted that\u00a0the medical costs would be to\u00a0expensive and holds with his position\u00a0against it.\u00a0The total medical costs for those seeking to transition comes out to about $3-4 million dollars a year\u00a0for the pentagon who spends about $6 billion annually on medical expenses out of their\u00a0$610 billion\u00a0dollar budget.\u00a0I believe this is great\u00a0that transgenders are now allowed to join the military, and as long as they can meet the standards I don’t think anything should stop them from being able to\u00a0serve their country. I also don’t think\u00a0the medical expenses would be to costly given the budget. I think this is the right choice because it will\u00a0give\u00a0many people the opportunity to come\u00a0out without having to be worried about being discharged from the military. As well as giving\u00a0the people who were previously discharged\u00a0a chance to\u00a0now reenlist to serve their country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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