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DeSantis ‘Anti Woke’ Military Plan Includes Removing Transgender Protections & Vaccine Mandates

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Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed Tuesday to roll back military policies supportive of transgender individuals and reinstate with back pay any service members forced out for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. DeSantis indicated he would return to how the military approached transgender individuals during former President Donald Trump's time in office. Trump largely prohibited transgender military personnel from serving openly, which had been allowed before he became president. Former President Joe Biden reversed Trump's transgender military ban, issuing an executive order barring servicemembers from being kicked out because of their gender identity. Under Biden, military personnel also have been given access to medical treatments for gender transition. Panama City resident Emily Gray, a transgender former Air Force member who transitioned after leaving the military, said DeSantis' plan would harm the military's mission and potentially ruin people's lives. Gray said that removing transgender people from the military would deprive the services of committed and experienced personnel. Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried also criticized DeSantis' plans for the military. She said that DeSantis’s obsession with fabricated culture wars has made him ‘The Boy Who Cried Woke'; even the diehard conservative voters are fed up with this.

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  • Kal Gajraj

    Kal Gajraj is a certified diversity professional and human rights consultant with the US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights, aiming to help organizations and people leaders communicate inclusively, accelerating acceptance and empowering unity. Kal is also an adjunct professor at Miami Dade College's School of Global Business and an advisory board member of the University of South Florida's College of Business. Kal is a recipient of a Telly Award for journalism, a Stevie Award for thought leadership, and a Communicator Award for exceeding industry standards in quality and achievement in communications from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.

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