Transgender Military Experiences

From Obama to Trump

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3654200
AutoresMichelle Dietert (Social Sciences, Texas A&M University Central Texas, Killeen, Texas, USA, autor correspondente), Dianne Dentice (Department of Anthropology, Geography, and Sociology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA)
Ano2023
Volume70
Fascículo6
Páginas993-1010
Data de publicação2023-05-12
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2021.2012866
PMID35285777
OpenAlexW4221067846
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas14

On September 20, 2011, President Barack Obama repealed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy allowing Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) people to openly serve in the U.S. military even though transgender service members were not afforded the same protections. On July 23, 2015, Obama's Secretary of Defense Ash Carter officially rescinded the transgender ban. For this study, survey data was collected from 26 transgender service members beginning in October 2018 and ending in December 2018. A second series of interviews was conducted with seven cisgender veterans beginning in August 2020 and ending in January 2021. The dual purpose of this study was to investigate transgender service members' experiences during the Obama administration and through the first years of the Trump administration. Secondly, interviews were conducted with cisgender veterans from roughly the same service time period. Findings provide a glimpse into the lives of transgender active duty service members post-DADT and during the Trump Administration ban. Data also reveals how a sample of cisgender veterans view policy and other issues surrounding transgender active duty service personnel. Participants from both groups agreed that unit cohesion and readiness was not negatively impacted by transgender active duty military personnel and that inclusion was a positive and unifying factor

Active duty · Administration (probate law · Duty · Lesbian · Military personnel · Military service · Political science · Service member · Transgender · Child Welfare and Adoption · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology