“So trans people should have a right to join an oppressive army? We should waste time fighting for the right for trans people to kill? “
Must be fucking nice to live in a gorram country where you DON’T have to join the military to get healthcare because “affordable/universal” healthcare isn’t unattainable for you.
Not everyone who joins the military is gungho about shooting people, they just want access to shit they otherwise are denied because they’re too poor and have no other options.
Even though the VA makes me jump through hoops for everything, it’s better than the alternative- having no hope at all of transitioning, and paying 150 dollars (or worse in the ER) for something minor.
I have my migraines under control, I survived a kidney stone without taking on another 2 thousand in debt, and even if it takes a year, HRT will be covered.
Couldn’t do that without the VA, and I wouldn’t have that without joining the military, and I have no regrets.
But no, I’m a horrible trans man shitting on trans women because how DARE I be part of America’s tyranny.
This is why I have stopped trying to reach out to other trans activists, they can’t EVER support other trans folk without shitting on someone else.
Health care. Education. Getting out of terrible living situations.
And not every military position is about combat. Plenty of medics, doctors, engineers, mechanics, electricians, etc. - all learning useful skills that can be applied in civilian life.
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EXACTLY. My job was non-combat and I did a desk job either monitoring weather or babysitting SeaBees. Hardly the...
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