I Was Once Transgender.
Why I Think Trump Made
the Right Decision for
the Military.
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that transgender individuals would not be permitted to serve in the military. (Photo: Carlo Allegri/Reuters/Newscom)
On Wednesday, President
Donald Trump tweeted that he
wouldn’t allow transgender
individuals to serve in the
military:
Donald Trump tweeted that he
wouldn’t allow transgender
individuals to serve in the
military:
After consultation with my
Generals and military experts,
please be advised that the
United States Government will
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....Transgender individuals to
serve in any capacity in the
U.S. Military. Our military
must be focused on decisive
....victory and cannot be
burdened with the tremendous
medical costs and disruption
that transgender in the military
I think he made the right
decision—and as someone
who lived as trans-female for
several years, I should know.
decision—and as someone
who lived as trans-female for
several years, I should know.
When I discovered Congress
voted earlier this month to not
block funding for transgender-
related hormone therapies and
sex change surgeries, I
wondered if it considered how
devastating this will be to the
fitness, readiness, and morale
of our combat-ready troops.
voted earlier this month to not
block funding for transgender-
related hormone therapies and
sex change surgeries, I
wondered if it considered how
devastating this will be to the
fitness, readiness, and morale
of our combat-ready troops.
In July, the House of
Representatives voted down
Missouri Republican Rep.
Vicky Hartzler’s amendment
to the National Defense
Authorization Act, which would
have banned the military from
funding such treatments.
Representatives voted down
Missouri Republican Rep.
Vicky Hartzler’s amendment
to the National Defense
Authorization Act, which would
have banned the military from
funding such treatments.
Paying for transition-related
surgeries for military service
members and their families
is beyond comprehensible.
surgeries for military service
members and their families
is beyond comprehensible.
Perhaps they have forgotten
that our military was forged to
be the world’s strongest
fighting force, not a government-
funded, politically correct,
medical sex change clinic
for people with gender
dysphoria.
that our military was forged to
be the world’s strongest
fighting force, not a government-
funded, politically correct,
medical sex change clinic
for people with gender
dysphoria.
Gender dysphoria, the common
diagnosis for one who feels at
odds with his or her birth gender,
develops from prolonged
anxiety and depression.
People are not born that way.
diagnosis for one who feels at
odds with his or her birth gender,
develops from prolonged
anxiety and depression.
People are not born that way.
The “proof” for a diagnosis of
gender dysphoria is having
strongly held feelings—but
feelings can and often do
change over time.
gender dysphoria is having
strongly held feelings—but
feelings can and often do
change over time.
The military is expected to
prepare its members in warfare:
to kill, destroy, and break our
enemies. The most important
factors in preparing a strong
military are not hormone therapy,
surgical sex changes, or
politically correct education.
prepare its members in warfare:
to kill, destroy, and break our
enemies. The most important
factors in preparing a strong
military are not hormone therapy,
surgical sex changes, or
politically correct education.
We need psychologically fit,
emotionally sound, highly
trained troops to protect our
nation from its enemies.
emotionally sound, highly
trained troops to protect our
nation from its enemies.
While countless homeless vets
are currently sleeping under
cardboard boxes, or waiting
for life-saving care from the
Department of Veterans Affairs,
we learn that transgender
military recruits now qualify
for preferential coverage for sex
change procedures that are
scientifically unproven and
extremely costly.
are currently sleeping under
cardboard boxes, or waiting
for life-saving care from the
Department of Veterans Affairs,
we learn that transgender
military recruits now qualify
for preferential coverage for sex
change procedures that are
scientifically unproven and
extremely costly.
I myself was fully sex-
reassigned from male to
female, and eventually came
to accept my birth gender.
reassigned from male to
female, and eventually came
to accept my birth gender.
I have over 70 years of firsthand
life experience, eight years of
living as a woman, 20 years of
researching the topic, and 12
years of helping others who,
like me, found that transitioning
and reassignment surgery failed
to be proper treatment and want
to restore their lives to their birth
gender.
life experience, eight years of
living as a woman, 20 years of
researching the topic, and 12
years of helping others who,
like me, found that transitioning
and reassignment surgery failed
to be proper treatment and want
to restore their lives to their birth
gender.
Costly, but Not Effective
Transitioning can be expensive—
up to $130,000 per person for
numerous body-mutilating and
cosmetic procedures over many
months (or years) to fashion the
body to appear as the opposite
sex.
up to $130,000 per person for
numerous body-mutilating and
cosmetic procedures over many
months (or years) to fashion the
body to appear as the opposite
sex.
Yet, no matter how skilled the
surgeon, or how much money
is spent, it is biologically
impossible to change a man
into a woman or a woman into
a man. The change is only
cosmetic.
surgeon, or how much money
is spent, it is biologically
impossible to change a man
into a woman or a woman into
a man. The change is only
cosmetic.
The medical community
continues to recommend this
radical “treatment” in the
absence of scientific evidence
that people are better off in the
long run. This population
attempts suicide at a rate
of 40 percent.
continues to recommend this
radical “treatment” in the
absence of scientific evidence
that people are better off in the
long run. This population
attempts suicide at a rate
of 40 percent.
Even after the full surgical
change, they attempt to end
their lives, or tragically succeed.
change, they attempt to end
their lives, or tragically succeed.
Over 60 percent of this diverse
population suffer from
co-existing mental disorders.
Consider Bradley Manning
(now Chelsea Manning), a
former Army soldier who was
so psychologically and
emotionally unbalanced that
he stole confidential documents
from the military and forwarded
them to WikiLeaks.
population suffer from
co-existing mental disorders.
Consider Bradley Manning
(now Chelsea Manning), a
former Army soldier who was
so psychologically and
emotionally unbalanced that
he stole confidential documents
from the military and forwarded
them to WikiLeaks.
The Military Is a Fighting
Force, Not a Gender Clinic
Force, Not a Gender Clinic
The military should not provide
sex change surgery.
sex change surgery.
Through my website,
sexchangeregret.com, I hear
from people who experienced
firsthand how damaging and
unnecessary reassignment
surgeries were. For them, the
sex change failed to resolve the
emotional and psychological
disorders that drove the desire to
change gender.
sexchangeregret.com, I hear
from people who experienced
firsthand how damaging and
unnecessary reassignment
surgeries were. For them, the
sex change failed to resolve the
emotional and psychological
disorders that drove the desire to
change gender.
Many write after living the
transgender life for years. They
write to ask for advice on how
to reverse the original surgical
change and restore their lives
to the original birth gender like
I did, a process called
detransition.
transgender life for years. They
write to ask for advice on how
to reverse the original surgical
change and restore their lives
to the original birth gender like
I did, a process called
detransition.
Some service members will
come to regret having
undergone the surgery and
will want to detransition. Where
will the military be then? Will
the military pay for the sex
change reversal procedure,
too?
come to regret having
undergone the surgery and
will want to detransition. Where
will the military be then? Will
the military pay for the sex
change reversal procedure,
too?
Failed “sex change surgeries”
are not uncommon and will
drive up the cost to care for
the military transgender
population above the
projected $3-4 billion 10-year
cost.
are not uncommon and will
drive up the cost to care for
the military transgender
population above the
projected $3-4 billion 10-year
cost.
Beyond the financial cost,
there’s the question of the
service member’s military
readiness during their
transition or detransition, as
the process often comes with
a great deal of anxiety and
emotional instability.
there’s the question of the
service member’s military
readiness during their
transition or detransition, as
the process often comes with
a great deal of anxiety and
emotional instability.
I know of many who have struggled to
adapt to the new gender role for years
after reassignment surgery.
adapt to the new gender role for years
after reassignment surgery.
In my view, as a former trans-female
who works every day with regretters,
allowing the military to pay for sex
change surgeries will make a mockery
of the U.S. military.
who works every day with regretters,
allowing the military to pay for sex
change surgeries will make a mockery
of the U.S. military.
Advocates are relentless in their pursuit
of making others, via the government
and insurance companies, cover the
cost of sex change procedures.
of making others, via the government
and insurance companies, cover the
cost of sex change procedures.
If the military had been forced to pay,
the advocates would have used this
as leverage to press every other entity—
both government and commercial—to
pay for sex change surgeries as well.
the advocates would have used this
as leverage to press every other entity—
both government and commercial—to
pay for sex change surgeries as well.
As a person who lived the transgender
life for eight years, I can attest that
assisting, affirming, or paying for
hormone therapies and genital mutilation
surgeries would not have strengthened
our military. They would only have
brought adverse long-term consequences,
both for individuals and for our armed
forces as a whole.
life for eight years, I can attest that
assisting, affirming, or paying for
hormone therapies and genital mutilation
surgeries would not have strengthened
our military. They would only have
brought adverse long-term consequences,
both for individuals and for our armed
forces as a whole.
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