{"id":76683,"date":"2017-12-21T09:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76683"},"modified":"2017-12-21T09:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:30:13","slug":"guidance-issued-for-recruiting-transgender-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=76683","title":{"rendered":"Guidance issued for recruiting transgender troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command<\/a> has issued guidance from the Pentagon to recruiters in regards to transgender recruits, according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Individuals who have undergone gender reassignment surgery will be allowed to join the military as long as doctors consider them to have been stable in their new gender for 18 months, with no complications or additional surgery needed.<\/p>\n

During their entry screenings, transgender women who have not undergone gender reassignment surgery or hormone replacement “will wear undergarments consistent with their physical anatomy,” the memo adds. Transgender women, unlike other female applicants, will not be administered a pregnancy test. Everyone will receive a medical exam specific to their “anatomical characteristics.”<\/p>\n

The guidance stresses the need for privacy, noting that some physical screening procedures for the military are not carried out in total seclusion.<\/p>\n

“All applicants, including those who are transgender, may express concern about privacy in bathrooms, ortho-neuro rooms, applicant hotel rooms, or similar venues,” the memo says. “In these cases Commanders may employ reasonable alternate measures to provide greater privacy.”<\/p>\n

Officials with both the Justice Department and Defense Department have argued in court filings that meeting a Jan. 1 deadline places an extraordinary burden on the services and the Pentagon, and requires training for thousands of recruiters and personnel responsible for providing medical screenings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess that “stable in their new gender” means different things to different people. <\/p>\n

I hope the recruiting command has purchased and issued butt-hurt cream to recruiting stations, because I suspect that both recruiters and recruits are going to have a lot of complaints about the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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