flamethrowing-hurdy-gurdy:

once-a-polecat:

d–t:

spiroandthelacktones:

spudmuffinstransgaming:

I see a lot of people sitting back unconcerned about developing events in the US because “fuck the military”

But please consider

》This means there will now be significantly more trans people unemployed after having a brief opportunity to be themselves, when finding a new job as a trans person already creates additional hurdles to overcome

》The number of trans folks, many of whom enlist for finacial desperation while being unsure of their identity, who are now forced to stay closeted

》This sparks yet another national dialogue encouraging hatred targeting the trans community while people question our existence and will inevitably lead to harm

Please stand with the Trans community while we fight together against so much of the evil from this administration ~Krystal

Also MANY trans people rely on their military benefits to afford to transition

and the military also provides access to university level education for many people

AND… Many people do not understand their gender very well at 18 or 19 when they sign up for a 4 year legal commitment.  

This really isn’t about the military, it’s about people being told they’re not good enough to have the same rights as everyone else. That their existence is a problem that harms others who are just trying to do their job. Like, okay, you can’t serve in the military because your existence would be a burden and a disruption to all the ‘normal’ people…what else will your existence disrupt? 

Possibly you shouldn’t work in education, or government, or law enforcement, or health care…because those professions also have priorities that cannot be ‘disrupted’ by your transness. ‘Normal’ people can’t be burdened with having to deal with you.

Also, you chose this yourself, so you chose to exclude yourself from serving your country, do you REALLY deserve the right to have a say in how it’s run, in benefiting from the same rights and privileges as ‘normal’ people who are not making things difficult for everyone by being trans?

Like honestly, I’m not surprised the movement to take away trans rights and further diminish trans people’s social statuses started with the military, which is incredibly important in US culture, and still a benchmark for due respect in so many ways. ‘Thank you for your service’ and ‘Support our troops’ are not phrases used globally the way they appear in the American everyday.