Wanting to cut your cock or tits off is definitely not a "minor mental health condition". it's as major as it gets.
Getting a sex change doesn't effect your ability to do a job and it has nothing to do with survival instincts. Women get breast reductions and plastic surgery all the time and no one claims their mentally ill. What someone chooses to do with their body is irrelevant. If you are physically and mentally capable of doing the job, I don't care.
Cutting your dick off is in no way comparable to plastic surgery. it's the reduction to absurdity argument. what next, cutting your dick off is like getting a tooth implant? it's like washing your teeth? it's like taking a shower?
read the posts above. i have explained my position there.
What happens if they can't supply people who need testosterone in combat/desparate situations? Or the various other drugs they need to maintain the fragile state of their bodies? Why would a trans person even want to go through that, wouldn't it potentially reverse the things they are trying to do? People with medical conditions are generally barred from serving in the military for similar reasons, if the military can't supply them the drugs they need to be physically ready at all times then they become unreliable in a position where reliability is often the most important thing.
Not all trans people transition so this isn't even relevant to a significant portion of that population. Regardless, Swapping out a dick for a vagina does not impact your ability to do any job. Nobody gives a fuck what's in your pants. They care about results. You're being ridiculous.
That door should be open. It's not black and white. You need to assess things on a case by case basis
That door should be open. It's not black and white. You need to assess things on a case by case basis
Many people can join the military despite needing to be regularly medicated. And the vast majority of jobs in the military are non combative roles so there's no shortage of positions for people to fill while their in transition, if they transition at all. Before or after that they are fully deployable.
No body who is actually effected by this decision, I should say
The military doesn't allow people with depression, PTSD, bipolar, etc. to serve. They don't even allow people with autism, eating disorders, certain anxieties, etc. There are some exceptions like if you've had depression or anxiety, you have to show that you can go 1-3 years without taking any medication for it and not show signs.
That's not according to their medical standards on psfrom what I can tell, see above. You are even actively disqualified even if you have historically had certain conditions (like depression, anxiety, etc.) if you have even taken a drug for it in the past 1-3 years.
Those standards have been under review and already undergoing changes. They're easing into a system with more lax medical restrictions.
Can you find the conditions they list? I can only find ADHD, dyslexia and asthma in the news releases for it. And these still require evaluations of the individuals. Someone wouldn't get in if they required quite the brain and body-altering level of medication of someone that has had a transgender surgery. The military is also very strict on conditions that cause suicidal ideations, which in transgender individuals is exceptionally high compared to the regular population.
I'll search up a list if it's out there but as far as I'm aware, they are still figuring out their lateral limits on this. A lot is still subject to change. Asthma and ADHD DQ a lot of people so they were the pilot wave.
