Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, the Pentagon said Monday, as President Donald Trump's ordered ban suffered more legal setbacks.
The new policy reflects the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump's demand earlier this year to bar transgender individuals from the military.
[...] Potential transgender recruits will have to overcome a lengthy and strict set of physical, medical and mental conditions that make it possible, though difficult, for them to join the armed services.
Maj. David Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, says the enlistment of transgender recruits will start Jan. 1 and go on amid the legal battles.
Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Thursday December 14 2017, @10:38PM
Civilians who are suicidal or mentally ill are allowed (maybe even encouraged) to get weapons.
There seems to be a strong resistance to the very notion that firearms should not be made available to mentally ill people.
So why should it be different in the military than in civilian life?
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