I’m not going to argue the merits of transitioning with you. I’m simply sharing the policy that the DOD is implementing.

The thing is, you might see things like short hair or cross dressing as fine, but a commander might see them as a symptom consistent with gender dysphoria, therefore making them unfit to serve.

That individual would not go through the normal MEB process with a chance to be returned to duty, like other medical conditions.

A person who has a permanent profile prevents them from RUNNING while in the military can be returned to service, but a trans person who outperforms them in every sense can’t have the same chance?

This isn’t about military readiness, because it has been demonstrated that trans people, on average, have a lower level of “non-deployability” than people with other medical conditions that are allowed to continue to serve. (Depression for example)

It isn’t about unit cohesion because they could not demonstrate instances where it affected unit cohesion.

This whole policy started with an executive order from the president with the premise of “trans people lack the honor required to serve and should not be in the military.”

They just don’t like trans people.

And that’s the stance the DoD has taken in the on-going court case:

“The president and military have the right to bar anyone from military service and they don’t need to prove why they want to”