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"For any misgivings I may have about the U.S. government and our policies overseas and domestically, I have no misgivings about my support for transgender individuals currently serving and wishing to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. This is a question about whether one of our nation's largest employers can turn trans people away simply because we are trans. It is about whether government benefits will be withheld from trans people because of animus and disgust. At the center of these cases and this policy is a question of whether the federal government will recognize trans existence and health care.

"If President Trump's military ban is permitted to stand it will set a dangerous precedent for all trans people in all aspects of our lives. [...]

"But for all of the support for trans service members receive on social media and all the hashtags defending our existence, the truth is that many anti-trans policies gain momentum because of widespread and willful ignorance about trans people, our bodies, and our health care."

-- Chase Strangio (@ChaseStrangio), "The Many Dangers of Trump's Trans Military Ban", The Advocate, 2019-01-24