Funding for Trump’s Ban on Trans Military Soldiers Stopped by Democrats
Democrats in the House of Representatives have stopped funding for President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.
Members of the House voted243-183 in favour of an amendment proposed by Jackie Speier, the Democrat for California,that will essentially block funding for the ban.
Republicans tried to argue that trans people would affect “unit cohesion” and “military readiness” of the troops.
Anthony Brown, the Democrat for Maryland, pointed out that this type of argument had been used previously to racially segregate the military and force gay soldiers to stay in the closet.
“My service in an integrated armed forces did not harm readiness,” said Brown, who is African-American.
“Every service chief testified that transgender service would not disrupt unit cohesion or readiness.”
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