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Trans Master Sgt describes being told she’s the “wrong kind of American” after 20 years of service
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The US military won't eat* my* face.
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the only right type of "American" are the indigenous
I have trans friends and have met a number of trans people through them and I would trust all of them over any MAGAt traitor, any day.
MAGAts hate America. They couldn't make that any more clear than they already have.
If they can do the job, then wth is the problem?
She's not a cis white male so people like Hegseth don't want her in the military in the first place. Not sure why a trans person would want to serve in an organization that actively hates them. This is a classic example of leopards eating faces.
A lot of us join pre realization. It's a way to "man up" both for trans women trying desperately to become enough of a man like they were "supposed to be" and a masculine career that conservative parents approve of for closeted trans men. Then, especially if you're an officer, once you're in and used to it it's a career with great benefits including a full pension after 20 years and the alternative is often a full career change.
Oh also enlisting is a popular "career of last resort" for people struggling to function in society without any known disqualifying disabilities. Incidentally, a lot of trans people's pre realization dysphoria leads to having no idea why you can't just get your shit together and develop discipline. And since the military promises it'll give you discipline it can be attractive, especially when combined with the prior paragraph.
I think people haven't read your three sentences, because I think everyone would agree at the start, but most disagree by the end. She's been in for 20 years. That's where you get your pension. She joined and served through bush Obama trump Biden and now trump again. This isn't a leopards eating face thing, considering 20 years ago I'm not sure she was aware she'd be a she yet.
Want to tell that the the African Americans who also went into the military despite being openly hated?
This isn't about leopards eating faces, this is about a brave person fighting for basic human rights, human dignity, and making progress against bullshit bigotry conservatives yet again.
Yes! Why would that be any different?
This is indeed about fighting for basic human rights, human dignity, and making progress against bullshit bigotry.
I mean how quickly people forget.
https://americanexperience.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/African-Americans-in-the-Military_.pdf
The War Department’s objections to military integration and the enlistment of African Americans were summarized by Secretary of War Harry Woodring, who stated that “The enlistment of Negroes . . . would demoralize and weaken the effectiveness of military units by mixing colored and white soldiers in closely related units, or even in the same units.”
I don't know the point you're trying to make. I didn't forget, and that's why I think marginalized peoples shouldn't fight for the oppressor. Those that do, know what they're getting in for better than the other soldiers.
Not directed at you forgetting, more just the original OP and in general.
Didn't feel like editing my original comment and just wanted to point this out to reinforce both of our points.
I think TriCare used to cover surgery.
It did, and even before then there were ways to get the VA to do it, especially for trans men's top surgery.
To be fair, the entire western world has been told to be the wrong kind of ally by US. So it's at least consistent.
I'm happy that in my country of citizenship trans people are excluded from the army. I don't wanna get drafted or something.
Fuck anyone who shits on someone who served their country for 20 years. I'm not simping for the military, but public service is still something to be respected IMO.
She served in Epstein's army.
Winning over the common soldier is an effective an important strategy in war.
Because, as reality would show, the moment people stop giving two craps about you is when you wake up with a primed grenade in your bunk and a pre-written report of your 'valiant death in the line of duty.'
Or if we're going old school, 27 stab wounds from the enemy, despite being kilometers away from the front.
Lol I don't disagree but it's funny to see the vote on Lemmy. Just yesterday someone was getting upvoted for generalising all SAS veterans because of 1 they met + 2 which made the news. But now we're talking about a trans woman so suddenly people agree we need to respect people who served
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This scene raises my heart rate so bad. It's wild knowing that you could show this to some people and have them decide that they want to be in his place.
There's always a chunk of people who want to be the boot. And a chunk of people who are happy to eat boots if they can be the boot sometimes.
There do exist some people who want that power fantasy, as once the law cease to exist, wield assault rifles as the symbol of their power, feeling they can determine the fate of anyone they capture or run into.
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Well, to my understanding, Hegseth wants extra-Teed up dudes, yes? And she is not an extra-Teed up dude. This is actually gender-affirming.
Bet they'd take a trans dude who's already on T and give him even more.
I've heard some analysis of anti trans types that indicated they're much more upset about men to women transitioners than the reverse because it's an open rejection of the more "powerful" role and how dare you reject your privilege like that.
Can't speak to the veracity of that but it makes sense to me.
Yeah that's a common conclusion transfeminists come to. And yeah, a lot of transmisogyny seems to come from the anger and confusion at the fact that we're rejecting the more powerful social role (and body type) for one that they see as inferior in some way or that they recognize as having it harder.
yea, rowling was pretty hateful towards MTF, she is silent FTM types. its probably msygoyny in play though. come to think of it, we rarely hear hate/critcism towards FTM, so i think its also pure misogyny.
I've thought about this before, but don't see it as misogyny. After all, they don't see MTF as women. I think it has something in common with gay men receiving more hate and being bigger victims of violence than lesbian women. Maybe it does have something to do with rejecting traditional masculinity - which can be related to misogyny, but is a separate thing.
And yet she posted an upskirt of a trans woman to silence her. They say they don't see us as women, but aside from comfort using assault they tend to attack us in ways associated with misogyny. A special class of women, certainly, but ultimately there's a misogynistic character to it that I don't see in how gay men are mistreated.
I don't think it's pure misogyny. I think in particular terfs are not motivated by misogyny but by fear. I think there's also the fact that trans men just tend to pass better.
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