The U.S. House narrowly rejected on Thursday an amendment that would have barred transgender service members from being eligible for transition-related health care, including gender reassignment surgery.
The measure, which would have barred the Defense Department from expending funds on transition-related care, was introduced by Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) as part of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill, but rejected on a 214-209 vote.
After Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), who presided over the vote, called out the tally, Democrats in the House chamber applauded in victory. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who’s gay and a co-chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, could be seen raising both hands in the air in a double-fist bump in celebration.
All 190 Democrats present voted against the proposal. They were joined by 24 Republicans, including Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), who has a transgender son, as well as Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and Mike Coffman (R-Colo.).
The amendment marked the first-time ever the U.S. House held a vote specifically targeting the transgender community.
Luis Thomas
Fuck the Transgender community
Kevin Gomez
Congrats, you queers are stealing resources that should be used for defense or medical care for injured warriors, but hey, its all about your feelings you selfish faggots. Heres hoping your new vags get infected and kill you.
Jacob Phillips
Transmonsters are disgusting, literally everyone thinks they are revolting.
Jordan Barnes
why the fuck do trannies try to change the whole world to accept their stupid fucking delusion, instead of changing themselves so the world is more accepting of them?
Nathaniel Nelson
Yes the military should pay to get their dicks inverted. Just a few things first though, to qualify they'd have to serve a minimum 8 years, pass training at a Ranger, SEAL, or Force Recon level, pass yearly psych exams, and if the paperwork doesn't disappear on accident then after all that they can start taking hormones. Add another 4 years of service stationed in the worst shitholes America is involved with and if they can pass all of the tests and survive then sure gut their dick and shove it in them. Give them the 1950's techniques not the higher end modern Thai techniques. Otherwise the system will be abused and the military will end up with more women who can't be bothered to be useful.
Luis Morris
I assume most transgender soldiers are not in active combat positions.
Dylan Brown
That's what I'm guessing as well, change that and lets see if there's a rush to join the military to get the chop.
Justin Kelly
You can't force people into combat positions.
Liam Martin
They said the slippery slope was a fallacy!
Samuel Allen
>Heres hoping your new vags get infected and kill you.
if the wounds dont kill them they'll die via suicide soon enough anyway
Grayson Cooper
In the time of war, yes they can. Ever heard of a draft, you sodomite?
Angel Bailey
Being a mechanic isn't a combat position but if you're stationed somewhere like Iraq during the surge you're just as much of a target as anyone else stationed there. Though I'd guess with the way things are going good luck going off base crossdressed if you're stationed in Germany.
Blake Richardson
> Too much military spending! > Spend more on Trans surgeries!
Elijah Stewart
We are not at war. Even a draft allows people to take non-combat positions if they are not fit for combat.
Logan Anderson
All trannies and females are unfit for combat so how fortunate.
Tyler Murphy
There are lots of jobs in the military that are important but are not combat related. Trannies are often higher in IQ (and autism) which might be perfect for intelligence jobs.
Parker Sullivan
>stealing resources
Like the money Janice and her three dumb fat little shits get for being the family of a soldier?
Chase Lee
I just don't want to pay for some guy to get a pair of tits so people can finally call him she
Aiden Ward
Daily reminder it's biologically normal to be transphobic
Alexander Hall
FUCK NO.
Nothing about sexual reassignment surgery contributes to the overall mission of protecting America.
Dylan Watson
>Is homosexuality immoral.png
Mind fucking blown. Saved.
Cooper Gonzalez
A victory for the sodoma-medicinal industrial complex
Levi Cox
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Asher Gray
If you want to do gender reassignment, you should pay for it out of pocket, instead of expecting your neighbors to foot the bill.
