U.S. military to accept transgender recruits on Monday: Pentagon

People in the military typically work hard and make sacrifices to be as strong, fast and agile as possible, with as much stamina as possible, because their lives and the lives of their buddies may depend upon their physical fitness. For this reason, I support FTM trans people in the military, as their HRT helps them become more fit to fight than they would be if they remained women. However, MTF trans people should remain men for the duration of their service, because it is better to be ugly than dead or physically unable to save your buddies. I wouldn't be opposed to treating MTF trans people as women for grooming and uniform standards, but they should maintain the highest possible standards of physical strength, stamina and agility, which means not taking HRT.

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