Now in the American army, according to various estimates, serve from two and a half to seven and a half thousand transgender people. However, as a rule, they do not advertise their physiological characteristics. About what caused the Pentagon to put under the gun of not quite ordinary soldiers, - in the material of RIA Novosti.
Difficulties of transition
Until recently, transsexual soldiers were in an illegal position and were considered the most oppressed part of the American LGBT community. Against the backdrop of human protests, the blocked decision, and in December last year the Pentagon already expressed its readiness to pay military operations for sex change. Finally, on February 23, 2018, the military department concluded the first contract with the new transsexual recruit.
Opponents of liberalization believe that transgenders in the army are primarily additional medical expenses and a real catastrophe for office work. According to the estimates of the Pentagon, the cost of sex for men is from 7 to 25 thousand dollars, for women - more than 50 thousand. Oils in the fire of army transphobia poured the case of Chelsea Manning, a soldier-transgender who had drained WikiLeaks thousands of secret documents. As the investigators found out, Manning was regularly harassed on the service, which may have led her to betrayal of national interests. At the request of RIA Novosti comment on the situation with the rights of transgender people in the Pentagon, Chelsea refused: "In the next few months, I do not intend to give any media interview."