Transgender soldiers to be removed from military

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Based on new Pentagon data collected for the first time in history, it is estimated that
the number of currently serving transgender troops is 14,707, of whom 8,980 are in
the Active Component, and 5,727 are in the Selected Reserve.

Take that language and google it you will find the pdf from where it's derived

I am happy to see other estimates. Do you have any? I did find one that said 4200 approximately with gender dysphoria.

 

I feel like I already acknowledged the internet sources asserting the numbers were that high. My question is how those numbers will match reality when it actually comes to discharges, which is the issue at hand. The Pentagon study you reference, I think I can safely assume it occurred during the Biden Administration. Was its purpose to cast as wide a net as possible to maximize numbers? I don’t know. But it wouldn’t surprise me. For instance, did it include people who might have answered a question on a survey or medical exam a certain way but who otherwise followed the military norms of their birth gender? I cannot say. The military concerns itself with outward behaviors not with the underlying essence of people. Just like in liberal society, there are people in the military who at their core are racists, lazy, obese, illicit drug users, adulterers, and sexually attracted to children, but none of those behaviors are compatible with military service. They either conform to military norms for the duration of their service or they get separated. Having read the policy, it seems to me that only those who are unable or unwilling to follow military gender norms for uniforms, grooming, height-weight, physical fitness, honorifics, etc will actually be separated, not those who merely feel a certain way in their hearts. And so, again, I think this will end up being a small number, in the hundreds at most, certainly not on the order of 15,000.

 

The prevalence of mental illness in transgenders.
But you already knew this.