'This discriminatory policy will lead Transgender service members, patriots who have decided to serve their nation, to live in the shadows,' McCain said.
Meghan McCain — daughter of the late John McCain and co-host of ABC's The View — on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban, days before the policy’s implementation, as “indefensible,” “un-American” and “discriminatory.”
In the Wednesday segment, transgender active-duty Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King, can be heard noting that roughly 15,000 American stand to be affected by the policy. “On Friday, the 12th, as many as 15,000 transgender service members stand to lose their jobs,” King said. “For those of us who are grandfathered in because we’ve already come out and we already have a diagnosis, there’s the possibility for systematic discrimination.
The policy will disallow Americans diagnosed with gender dysphoria from serving in the military unless a medical professional verifies the individual hasn’t transitioned in gender, is willing to adhere to their biological sex and has been stable in that sex for 36 months. “What we ask is that you do not let the security of our country be put at risk by the loss of these valuable, well-trained service members that contribute to the readiness and lethality of our force,” he added.
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