“You’re transgender and only if you agree not to transition, then you can serve, that’s just like ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’” he said. In the nearly three years since the U.S. military welcomed transgender people into the armed forces, they have largely served without incident. An estimated 14,700 troops on active duty and in the Reserves identify as transgender but not all seek treatment. Military chiefs testified before Congress last year that they found no problems with transgender troops on morale or unit cohesion. The five transgender troops who testified Wednesday said their medical transitions took anywhere from four weeks to four months and they did most of it on their own time.

Source: Huffington Post March 01, 2019 15:00 UTC