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Openly Trans Soldier Speaks: ‘I Feel Liberated’ by the End of Pentagon’s Transgender Ban
Daily Beast ^ | June 30, 2016 | Nancy A. Youseff

Posted on 07/01/2016 10:14:56 AM PDT by C19fan

Even before the U.S. military ended its ban Thursday on transgender service members openly serving, Army Sgt. Ken Ochoa, 26, already knew what it meant to openly serve. Ochoa, who joined the military in 2010, transitioned in 2014, well before the military considered lifting the ban. He heard that other troops had made the transition and discovered an inner peace that came with the change. So he made the decision to follow suit, knowing he would silently become a different person before his fellow soldiers, his company commander, and his friends around the base.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: army; lgbt
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To: Lonely Are The Brave

The real issue here is that this has all been by Executive fiat, with no real Legislative input, no national debate. Another President could reverse this all overnight.


41 posted on 07/01/2016 11:37:43 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: C19fan
We used to celebrate our military's victories, now we have mandatory celebrations of perversity while our enemies are forgotten.

I saw this disgusting display yesterday on MSNBC at the gym. The MSNBC folks were giddy with excitement. It's HISTORIC, don't you know.

42 posted on 07/01/2016 11:55:50 AM PDT by Martin Tell (Victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni.)
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To: C19fan

Platoon leaders everywhere are please with the sudden availability of mine detectors.


43 posted on 07/01/2016 12:49:33 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: DiogenesLamp

Post #19 ~ That is one butt-ugly chick. Is it a chick?

God bless our military, it’s time to clean out the garbage. Make America’s Armed Forces great again!!


44 posted on 07/01/2016 1:06:28 PM PDT by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: C19fan

We now encourage the mentally ill to act out.

Cross-dressing homosexuals.


45 posted on 07/01/2016 1:07:29 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: C19fan

Good. Now let’s get rid of all separate facilities in the military. Put EVERYONE in the same big barracks or berth.


46 posted on 07/01/2016 1:12:49 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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To: C19fan
discovered an inner peace that came with the change

You're a soldier. You are a killing machine. You don't get to have "inner peace", friggin' pansy.

Get out now and go to work for a florist. You shame the service.

47 posted on 07/01/2016 1:36:23 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: CodeToad

None of these things should be near a weapon.


48 posted on 07/01/2016 1:40:19 PM PDT by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

This post motivated by recent discussions with family and friends:

Me, my friends, and many of our kids have been in the mil, or are in the mil.

One of the daughters emailed with concerns, saying when she has her annual exam she wants a woman chaperone; not a man that thinks he’s a woman, or some other brand of AFU in the head pervert.

I called a friend of mine - retired military, female, OB/Gyn doc. She retired 3 yrs ago and says she saw this coming; hospital folks have been talking.

In her private practice, many patients have expressed similar concerns.

The doc says it hasn’t started yet, but her and her partner docs are worried eventually there will be a lawsuit filed by some messed up in the head man who claims to be a female, and was discriminated against because he wasn’t allowed to chaperone.

The military and the rest of the country are so screwed up, I can’t even find the words...or at least words that are printable here.


49 posted on 07/01/2016 1:44:24 PM PDT by Backstop73 (Always reading, seldom posting.)
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To: C19fan

Hey Ken: Here’s a KaBar and a bottle of whiskey.

Make your transition.


50 posted on 07/01/2016 1:45:37 PM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: BigEdLB

Sorry, but PC is sooo yesterday.


51 posted on 07/01/2016 2:00:41 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
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