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‘Coward’ bans transgender service personnel

Your president just banned transgender people from the service.

I was 17 when I joined into the army. This was a few months after the start of the Korean War started. My company was scheduled to go to Korea. There were two transgender people in our company. Everyone knew but no one cared. They were treated like anyone else in the company. All of us knew that when we got to Korea, their two guns might make the difference in our survival.

It disgusts me that the man who made the transgender decision never wore a uniform because all of the deferments he received to keep out of the service. Trump ran from serving our country like the coward he is.

This story was originally published July 28, 2017 at 1:53 PM with the headline "‘Coward’ bans transgender service personnel."

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