Transgender veteran comments about military ban
Coming up on their two-year anniversary, Candice and Jennifer Sweet in Palm Springs said love is what binds them together.
“This is the power of equality,” Jennifer said. “Our marriage is the power of equality.”
But the couple said things weren’t so sweet Wednesday morning, after a decision made by President Donald Trump.
The President tweeted the announcement of the ban of transgender people in the military, giving his reason as the “tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”
“Just one woman pregnant in the military is about $375,000,” Transgender Community Coalition CEO Thomi Clinton said. “So, believing that the cost is going to be exponential is just Ludacris.”
The news came as a hard hit to Brandy Fox.
Fox said she served six years in the Army and experienced adversity after coming home.
“I worked for a company for 20 years, never told them,” she said. “Did a great job, (and) as soon as I told them I came out, they fired me. Is this the same thing the military looks at it? I do a great job for the military, and I’m doing my job protecting my country. I love my country. I would die for my country.”
But those throughout the community say they’ll band together, as activists hope to see others be involved while having each other’s back.
“If we cannot fix things nationally, in a local area at least we can create a silo,” Clinton said. “Where we have a safe space, where we can survive.”
KESQ and CBS Local 2 reached out to the local American Legion Post 519 and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1534, but both declined to comment on the President’s decision
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