(07-31-2017, 11:17 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: JackCity, you have absolutely no clue how the United States military works nor the mindset of the majority of the people in it. This is not your fault and I'm not bashing you for it, it's just a fact. That being said, don't speak of things you don't understand as if they are fact. Most of us here who are speaking against this, no matter our personal feelings or beliefs on the transgender subject have served and are telling you- it's not a good idea.

Yes, there are trans people serving now, but the military doesn't cater to their wanting to use bathrooms and sleep in the same barracks as the gender they identify with. They would have to be specially accommodated if it were to ever happen because the majority of the military wouldn't put up with it. I know you and others here don't believe that, but I'm telling you- and others here are telling you- it's not going to fly. Not for a long time.

Some here have pointed out there are now women who hold combat jobs as if that's a litmus test of success. Just because it's happening doesn't mean there aren't serious issues. There are men who don't accept or trust them at all and never will but those same men will accept women in combat before they accept trans people in their barracks and bathrooms.

Good explanation. It's more than just professionalism. We can all hold 9 to 5 jobs and work alongside others while maintaining a professional attitude, but in the military it goes beyond that. There is no clocking out and going home to do our own thing. We share intimate spaces with the people we work with. While it's easy to pass judgement and decree from the sanctuary of our private spaces, it's quite another to live it. I'm sure most of those demanding transgenders serve in the military would not be comfortable with one whom they have a working relationship sleeping, eating, changing clothes and using the bathrooms in their own homes.

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