{"id":114370,"date":"2021-06-07T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114370"},"modified":"2021-06-07T15:18:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:18:34","slug":"navy-sets-policy-allowing-transgenders-to-join-the-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114370","title":{"rendered":"Navy sets policy allowing transgenders to join the Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_114371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114371\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-114371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Transgender-service-members-at-a-hearing-on-Capitol-Hill-by-Manuel-balce-Ceneta-and-AP-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Transgender-service-members-at-a-hearing-on-Capitol-Hill-by-Manuel-balce-Ceneta-and-AP-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Transgender-service-members-at-a-hearing-on-Capitol-Hill-by-Manuel-balce-Ceneta-and-AP-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Transgender-service-members-at-a-hearing-on-Capitol-Hill-by-Manuel-balce-Ceneta-and-AP-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Transgender-service-members-at-a-hearing-on-Capitol-Hill-by-Manuel-balce-Ceneta-and-AP.jpg 829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Transgender service members at a hearing on Capitol Hill. (Manuel Balce Ceneta\/AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Navy has made it official that transgenders can apply to openly serve in the Navy. They must meet service requirements if they are to be accepted, and maintain those requirements while serving. This is the same policy for the those who are not transgender. The Navy policy protects transgendered Sailors from being adversely impacted solely based on their being transgendered.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Navy Times:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All transgender persons who wish to serve in the United States Navy and can meet the appropriate standards shall be able to do so openly and free from discrimination,&#8221; the Navy said in a NAVADMIN released June 3. &#8220;The Navy remains committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No person, solely on the basis of gender identity, will be denied accession, involuntarily separated or discharged, denied reenlistment or continuation of service, or subjected to adverse action or mistreatment,&#8221; the NAVADMIN said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the new guidance, a service member must receive a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a military medical provider or civilian medical provider stipulating a gender transition is &#8220;medically necessary&#8221; to get the ball rolling on transition-related treatment.<\/p>\n<p>A medical treatment plan will be crafted, and the service member will seek approval from their commanding officer concerning the timing of their request, the Navy said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Navy Times has more on the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/06\/07\/navy-spells-out-new-transgender-policies\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy has made it official that transgenders can apply to openly serve in the Navy. &hellip; <a title=\"Navy sets policy allowing transgenders to join the Navy\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114370\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Navy sets policy allowing transgenders to join the Navy<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114372,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114370\/revisions\/114372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}