Hello all
So this year I have begun identifying as trans. I am in therapy and nearly fully decided on transition physically in the near future. A friend of mine who is also trans forwarded an article to me about the military ban on trans service members. I believe in equality and I believe in a lot of libertarian principles. But I didn't entirely take offense to this ban. Before I get jumped let me explain why and please be sure to read each of my words carefully. 1 as a trans person I believe being trans is a medical condition. NOT A MENTAL CONDITION!!! but a medical one. As far as I'm concerned my body is deformed bc it should look one way but it looks another. The steps I plan to take to correct this and reshape my body so that it is correct are very impactful on many parts of daily life. So I can understand that some may be concerned about going through the rigors of combat while dealing with those things. (Having been through combat myself I can say it's not a good time to be going through treatments of any kind) 2 I've never believed being in the military is a right. I think sometimes they have to make unfair choices based on the highest probability of success. All of that is really just background to the point of this post. My friend seemed offended that I called being trans a medical condition. She kept repeating "I'm not sick" I don't think she understood me. My real question is how do you view this. I see my large upper body and course skin and male genitalia asdeformities. My genetic make up got mixed up wrong and now I want to correct it. Is this just crazy? I'd like to hear how all of you view it. I try to. Be open to new opinions and this world is new to me s I want to hear as much from others