{"id":54466,"date":"2017-07-05T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/icymi-secretary-mattis-delays-u-s-militarys-transgender-inclusive-recruitment-policy\/"},"modified":"2017-07-05T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T18:00:29","slug":"icymi-secretary-mattis-delays-u-s-militarys-transgender-inclusive-recruitment-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/icymi-secretary-mattis-delays-u-s-militarys-transgender-inclusive-recruitment-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Secretary Mattis Delays U.S Military\u2019s Transgender-Inclusive Recruitment Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ICYMI: Secretary Mattis Delays U.S Military\u2019s Transgender-Inclusive Recruitment Policy<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 The Department of Defense announced this past weekend that it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/checkpoint\/wp\/2017\/06\/30\/mattis-delays-pentagons-decision-to-allow-transgender-recruits-six-more-months\/?utm_term=.7d6d9f370a94\">push back<\/a> the plan first approved by the Obama Administration to allow transgender recruits to serve in the nation\u2019s armed forces. This policy change was handed down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/claudiakoerner\/the-us-military-has-delayed-enlisting-transgender-recruits?utm_term=.gjpxPNnOr#.ihKgQj0O5\">no explanation<\/a> and comes a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@SecDef\/dod-transgender-policy-changes-4f473b21b416\">year after<\/a> transgender soldiers currently enlisted in the military were allowed to openly serve. This delay now <a href=\"http:\/\/military%20academies\/\">prevents<\/a>\u00a0transgender cadets who have graduated from\u00a0military academies from being able to actively serve.<\/p>\n<p>While this current setback is a six month delay, not a reinstatement of the ban, it feeds into the demands of the far-right, anti-LGBTQ group\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2017\/05\/31\/mattis-hit-pause-obama-era-decision-let-transgender-individuals-serve-military\/\">Heritage Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and sets the groundwork for Secretary James Mattis to work with anti-transgender advocates who are pushing for a complete reversal of the policy.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this development, here\u2019s a look at some of the anti-LGBTQ hate-groups and anti-transgender advocates aggressively lobbying Secretary Mattis for a complete reinstatement of the ban on transgender servicemembers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups and Anti-Transgender Advocates behind the Push for the Reinstatement of the Transgender Military Ban<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Tony Perkins \u2013 President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/extremist-files\/group\/family-research-council\">Family Research Council<\/a> (FRC)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/tony-perkins-better-disband-military-include-transgender-service-membershttp:\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/tony-perkins-better-disband-military-include-transgender-service-members\">Declared<\/a> that \u201cit might even be better\u201d if the president disbanded the military rather than accommodate transgender soldiers, because \u201cWe\u2019re probably better off without a military that is not compromised.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Argued that that implementation would be both damaging and costly in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/pentagon-transgender-agenda-wont-improve-military-readiness-cost-3-7-billion-190296\/\">recent <em>Christian Post<\/em> Op-Ed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hosted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frc.org\/wwlivewithtonyperkins\/rep-steve-russell-rep-doug-lamborn-mat-staver\">anti-trans conversations with members of congress<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frc.org\/wwlivewithtonyperkins\/rep-vicky-hartzler-peter-sprigg-mat-staver-travis-weber\">pushed the flawed \u201cresearch\u201d of his FRC colleagues<\/a> on his daily radio show.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Peter Sprigg \u2013 Senior Follow for Policy Studies at FRC<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Took<\/strong><strong> the lead on the FRC\u2019s overall anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> beliefs\/rhetoric: (<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frc.org\/transgender\">www.frc.org\/transgender<\/a><\/u><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.frc.org\/EF\/EF16B37.pd\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.frc.org\/EF\/EF17F52.pdf\">issue briefs<\/a> on the topic, arguing that inclusion would be both costly and detrimental.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Elain Donnelly \u2013 Founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/organizations\/center-for-military-readiness\/\">Center for Military Readiness<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of those most vocal and visible opponents of LGB service members serving openly.<\/li>\n<li>Her organization, the Center for Military Readiness, posted a lengthy document entitled <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cmrlink.org\/issues\/full\/holdover-transgender-mandate-impedes-efforts-to-strengthen-military-1\">Holdover Transgender Mandate Impedes Efforts to Strengthen Military<\/a><\/strong><strong>,\u201d as well as an even lengthier report entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cmrlink.org\/data\/sites\/85\/CMRDocuments\/CMR_TransgenderPolAnalysis.pdf\">The President, Defense Department &#038; Military Services Should Revoke Problematic Transgender Policy Directives and Instructions.<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wrote an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/commentary-transgender-mandates-would-impede-efforts-to-strengthen-military\">anti-transgender commentary<\/a> that ran in the Military Times.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>James Dobson \u2013 Founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/organizations\/focus-on-the-family\/\">Focus on the Family<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drjamesdobson.org\/news\/commentaries\/archives\/2017-newsletters\/april-newsletter-2017\">newsletter<\/a> to his attentive followers, wherein <strong>he framed transgender inclusion as the latest \u201csocial experiment\u201d that conservatives should oppos<\/strong>e: \u201cLet\u2019s consider military personnel with what the American Psychiatric Association defines as a diagnosed mental disorder known as gender dysphoria (transgender). Such individuals are now recruited and retained and are entitled to a full range of medical and psychiatric services. They include counseling, cross-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> hormones, gender reassignment surgery, and social and legal transition to the desired gender.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/extremist-files\/group\/liberty-counsel\">Liberty Counsel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Took the approach of backing the supposed \u201creligious freedom\u201d rights of soldiers who object to transgender inclusion.<\/li>\n<li>Just last week, Liberty Counsel <a href=\"http:\/\/lc.org\/063017LtrArmytransgenderdirective.pdf\">penned a letter<\/a> to Georgia\u2019s Fort Benning Army Base, insisting that <strong>\u201cBiological <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> is an immutable characteristic\u201d and that transgender inclusions \u201crequires Soldiers and civilians to affirm their agreement with numerous false ideas with fake \u201cdefinitions\u201d invented by LGBT radicals intent on normalizing behavior that is the result of gender confusion or a sexual fetish.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/blog\/Director%20of%20Office%20of%20Civil%20Rights\">Roger Severino<\/a> (who was part of Heritage\/Daily Signal)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/commentary\/roger-severino\/pentagons-radical-new-transgender-policy-defies-common-sense\">a 2016 commentary<\/a> that was widely disseminated through conservative media outlets, <strong>Severino criticized the policy change as being \u201cbased on a radical new gender ideology.\u201d He went on to claim that this change \u201cdishonors\u201d veterans<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/leadership\/roger-severino\/index.html\">Currently holds<\/a> a key position in the Trump administration\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/extremist-files\/group\/american-family-association\">American Family Association<\/a> (AFA)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When the Obama era policy announced in July 2016<strong>, AFA president Tim Wildmon declared it \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afa.net\/the-stand\/faith\/2016\/07\/transgender-military-policy-a-disgrace\/\">a disgrace to our military and our country<\/a><\/strong><strong>.\u201d AFA personality Bryan Fischer called it \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afa.net\/the-stand\/culture\/2016\/07\/transgenders-in-military-impeachable-damaging-and-expensive\/\">an impeachable offense.<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Used their in-house OneNewsNow site to push <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com\/national-security\/2017\/06\/17\/female-soldiers-beware-of-transgender-men-in-showers\">stories warning of the supposed dangers of implementation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/organizations\/heritage-foundation\/\">Heritage Foundation<\/a>\/Daily Signal<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thomas Spoehr, who holds the title of the Heritage Foundation\u2019s director of the Center for National Defense, recently <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2017\/05\/31\/mattis-hit-pause-obama-era-decision-let-transgender-individuals-serve-military\/?utm_source=TDS_Email&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=MorningBell&#038;mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdKak56a3haR1ZoTldZNCIsInQiOiJmcUpETFFQeFVJWmQrMFwvdVpFdWlnWVk1YWtLZHlZUGxMM21RaDE3ZmRzVlJSc29LN25EY1BqS2I2OTdiY1hNNW5TUXBkY2FQR291NXhvRXFlbXd1VXZLelYrbWhpSkhSbXIxaUdFXC9oZFhoaWIrT2xzXC94SmI3Q05qVlp6TEwrYiJ9\">took to the organization\u2019s in-house <em>Daily Signal<\/em> website<\/a> to argue that allowing transgender service members is \u201ca gamble\u201d and that \u201cthe stakes are too high\u201d to move forward with implementation.<\/strong> Mainstream outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/336167-lgbt-groups-brace-for-new-fight-over-transgender-troops\"><em>The Hill<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/new-battle-looms-over-trans-troops\"><em>The Daily Beast<\/em><\/a> have quoted Spoehr as an expert on this issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Conservative Action Project<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A collection of high-profile anti-LGBTQ activists <a href=\"http:\/\/conservativeactionproject.com\/restoring-americas-military-strength-military-readiness-or-transgender-politics\/\">demanded<\/a>\u00a0that <strong>\u201cSecretary Mattis should suspend and, upon further careful study, rescind Defense Department and military service directives permitting transgender individuals to serve.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>WND (formerly WorldNetDaily) <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promoted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2017\/06\/soldiers-plead-for-release-from-transgender-training\/\">several stories<\/a> about Christian soldiers\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.wnd.com\/2017\/06\/christian-soldier-says-army-forced-him-to-go-to-transgender-training\/\">supposed persecution<\/a> over transgender non-acceptance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Breitbart<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ran an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2017\/05\/30\/boykin-secretary-mattis-focus-on-war-fighting-ditch-the-social-engineering\/\">anti-trans commentary<\/a> from Family Research Council\u2019s resident military \u201cexpert\u201d Jerry Boykin. <strong>Last July, Breitbart ran a similar commentary from the same Boykin, this one calling transgender acceptance in the military \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2016\/07\/07\/transgenders-military-deadly-distraction\/\">a deadly distraction.<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>July 5, 2017<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Issues:\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/issues\/news\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Tags:\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/tags\/tap\">TAP<\/a>, <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/tags\/political-news\">political news<\/a>, <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/tags\/news\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/blog\/icymi-secretary-mattis-delays-us-military%E2%80%99s-transgender-inclusive-recruitment-policy\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.glaad.org\/blog\/icymi-secretary-mattis-delays-us-military%E2%80%99s-transgender-inclusive-recruitment-policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICYMI: Secretary Mattis Delays U.S Military\u2019s Transgender-Inclusive Recruitment Policy NEW YORK 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