Transgender solders

[HIGHERBEAM]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad-applic ... 5944913656

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THE Defence Force is considering paying about $10,000 towards a sex change operation for one of its soldiers.
A psychological and medical assessment is being conducted to determine whether Defence money can be used because the male officer has a medically diagnosed gender identification issue.

The case follows a policy review ordered by Defence chief Angus Houston after a transgender member launched a complaint with the Human Rights Commission over moves to discharge him.

The ADF has funded up to a dozen breast augmentation and reduction operations in recent years in which female sailors received funding assistance to address "psychological" issues about breast size and confidence.

The ADF contributes up to $10,000 for breast procedures.

This is annoying. The same thing happened a couple of years ago with a prisoner in one of our gaols. Why does the taxpayer have to pay for medical procedures for these idiots who are hung up about their body parts? Let them get it done privately if it's so essential to their self esteem.

Our governments - State and Federal - are catering to a bunch of self indulgent scam artists who are exploiting the system. If they believe they can't do the job properly because their breasts are too small or they've got a penis - they shouldn't have signed up in the first place.

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If they're wiling to consider paying for such headline worthy crap like this, you've got to wonder what else they waste our cash on.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Recruitment quotas must be way down these days ...

US military accepts openly gay recruits
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oc ... y-recruits