White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban

[Beaverhausen]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-sets-rules-for-military-transgender-ban-1503534757

White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban
Guidelines expected to direct Pentagon to stop admitting transgender people, gives Mattis power to remove those serving
By Gordon Lubold
Aug. 23, 2017 8:32 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—The White House is expected to send guidance to the Pentagon in coming days on how to implement a new administration ban on transgender people in the military, issuing a policy that will allow Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to consider a service member’s ability to deploy in deciding whether to kick them out of the military.

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Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahernthold

White House to direct Pentagon to deny admission to transgender people, give Mattis power to remove those serving

Link to tweet

or:

Scoop: new details about what the WH is telling DoD and Mattis to do on transgender ban, memo to Penty soon

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[KentuckyWoman]

5. I'll be stunned if any branch actually kicks someone out

The joint chiefs pretty much told Trump to go F himself over this already.

[BigmanPigman]

2. What in the hell does that mean?

The "ability to deploy" has what to do with your gender?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. If you were gay you wouldn't be asking that question. You'd know exactly what it means.

It means you don't have a job anymore.

For your own good, of course.

Submitted respectfully. To you, not to *****.

[Doreen]

3. Of all the things I have been reading and seeing today this has

made me the most angry. Do not get me wrong I have been angry about other stuff but this just hit my nerve.

[shenmue]

6. Sue these bastards