Some of the most deplorable episodes in American history include a government that controls the power of the state against minority groups: black people, native people and homosexual people to name only a few. Although these campaigns could have gained popular support at that time, history has constantly considered them as immoral, illegal and non -American.
President Trump borrows from the worst rather than understanding this history. One of the first acts of his second term was to order the government to look at the gender as unchanged and discriminate the transgender citizens. “To date,” he said in his inauguration address, “it will be the official government policy of the United States that there are only two sexes: man and women.”
The initial days of Mr. Trump’s second term have caused any number of concerns about negotiations that are dangerously facing the laws and the best interests of the country and its people. However, the chaos of these few weeks should not mask that in this period he also led as a direct campaign against a single vulnerable minority, as we saw in generations.
Within a few hours, this language began to codify in a number of executive orders and actions that try to exclude transgender people from almost all aspects of American public life: denial their exact identification documents such as passports, impressive National restrictions on medical care for youth transgender, national restrictions, gender confirming gender -confirmed medical care, investigation schools with gender -neutral bathrooms, criminalization Teacher’s support for Transgender Students and commanding The Federal Office forced the estimated 1,500 transgender women in custody to be placed with men.
Broadside against Transgender’s people was not unexpected. Anti-transgender politicians spent at least $ 215 million To sacrifice transgender people for various social diseases. The Republican Party is increasingly perceived by the attacks on Trans -Government as a political winner, as well as attacking civil rights during the Presidency of Richard Nixon and attacked the rights of homosexuals in George W. Bush. This posture was shamefully reflected in the speed and joy that House Republicans banned Transgender women to use female toilets on Capitol hill after the choice of Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender of the Congress member. As for Mr. Trump, he won too much cartoon and demonizing trans -it; Now he uses this power to damage the trans – discovery.
The Trump Administration’s attacks have come half a decade after County has decided that discrimination against Transgender people is under the 1964 civil rights Act, it is impossible to discriminate the Supreme Court conservatively. Or transgender without discrimination of this individual on the basis of sex, ”wrote Neil Gorsuch.
It should be remembered that society is still struggling with the cultural and political consequences of rapidly changing gender understanding. There are some problems – for example, participation in sports and appropriate medical care of minors – which remain sharply discussed, even by those who generally support trans -government. There should be space for these conversations. However, it should not be discussed whether the government should target a group of Americans to be deprived of their freedom and dignity to move around the world as they choose. This is a campaign in which it seems that cruelty and humiliation is a basic point.
Fear is all the more disproportionate, given how few people identify themselves as a transgender. They are slight Less than 1 percent American population. And they are 0.002 percent University athletes – a population that was particularly incendiary in cultural wars.
In the US Army, slightly more than 1 percent Soldiers are Transgender. As a result, the Pentagon is the largest employer of Transgender’s people in the country, making military service the main goal for the Anti-Trans movement.
So it was particularly disturbing and symbolically important that another of the new president Executive orders The aim was to drive openly transgender soldiers from armed services and prevent others. In this step, Mr. Trump focused on both people who gave their lives on a line for their nation and an institution that played a historically decisive role in the debates on the recognition and integration of minorities.
The command required federally ordered discrimination estimated by 15,000 to 25,000 Americans who agreed to defend their lives on the line. Offered no evidence that this order would eliminate unskilled people from the armed forces or make the United States safer because it does not exist. The language of the order was partially remarkable for its significance.
“Expressing a false” gender identity “different from the gender of an individual cannot satisfy the strict standards necessary for military service,” the command said. “In addition to hormonal and surgical medical interventions, acceptance of gender identity, which is in line with the sexual conflict of an individual with a soldier’s commitment to an honorary, true and disciplined lifestyle, even in personal life.”
This order not only fry an honorary service (a potentially pensions) soldiers who led infantry patrols in Afghanistan and flew combat missions over Syria; They try to deny that they exist as a transgender at all. “The person’s assertion is a woman, and his requirement for others to honor this lid is not in line with humility and non -generality required by a member of the service,” the command said.
Thousands of transgender soldiers who served with honors and honor for nearly ten years Easily place lies to the idea that they are inappropriate for service. Meanwhile is the idea that the existence of openly transgender soldiers is harmful cohesion of the unit -The apologies for opponents who allow black people, women and homosexuals to serve in the armed forces-is contrary to Numerous strict studies. ComprehensiveWith Rand Corporation, it has explored other countries that allow Transgender soldiers to serve openly and found “small or no impact on units, operational or readiness”.
The first Trump administration was thwarted in 2017 by the courts in its efforts to prevent Transgender’s Americans from their country. Biden the administration abolished this policy before the courts. Transgender units served openly, many on overseas deployment, without incident in the last four years, a lot of anger of conservatives. “Transgender should never be allowed to serve.” It’s so simple, ” Pete HegSeth, now the Secretary of Defense, wrote in his last book.
This powerful order was within a few hours after its signature court according to Six active service Members of Transgender Services and two are trying to re -include. Mr. Trump’s executive orders have often been linked to lower courts and it is important not to represent the power that the president must make a radical change that would sign out of the congress-i if it seems trying to try Eroded those railing.
Nevertheless, it is difficult to imagine another cohort of thousands of services, threw out the army because of the reasons not entirely related to the performance or willingness to observe orders, barely whisper from hundreds of pro-Vojen and veterans in the country, scientists, scientists, and elected officials.
It is true that Americans are divided by a new and changing policy around gender identity. But most, regardless of the party, have shared respect for their fellow citizens who dressed the uniform, picked up a rifle and traveled around the world to defend the nation.
Mr. Trump’s targeting at Transgender Americans will go far beyond the army. And his instinct for demonization, its habit of distributing the public into those who deserve protection, and those who should be postponed aside, its usual cruelty to those who can be pushed without others will go far beyond the campaign against this small , small, small, small, vulnerable group. As these campaigns continue, the Americans would remember the heavily dedicated lessons of our history.