‘You Don’t Just Quit’: California Hits Back at Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

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People protest President Donald Trump's decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military, in a march through San Francisco's Castro neighborhood. Photo by Polly Stryker/KQED

By Miranda Leitsinger, KQED News Fix

President Donald Trump’s announcement early Wednesday that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve was met with swift reaction and strong opposition among California’s transgender military community and congressional delegation.

Trump made the announcement in a series of tweets, concluding with: “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix.
 

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