Trump’s reasons for military transgender ban are nonsense

He cited ‘tremendous medical costs’ and ‘disruption’ to unit cohesion.

Royal Canadian Navy band members perform during the Toronto Pride parade on July 3, 2016. The Canadian military tweeted this photo on July 26, the day U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military. The tweet said the Canadian military welcomes Canadians of all sexual orientations and gender identities.Precious Carandang photograph courtesy of DND

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 2, 2017

OTTAWA—On July 26, United States President Donald Trump sent out a series of tweets to the effect that the American military would no longer “allow or accept” transgender personnel in its ranks. At the time of sending out the tweets, Trump’s White House was in the midst of the most vicious i...

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