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6/13/2025, 7:43:23 AM
>>40040107
I've known a *lot* of military trannies over my time in the service and usually it comes down to 2 trends:
1) Needed to stabilize life in order to begin transition - in the US in particular the military can be a very strong stepping stone in the middle class if you play it right and get a job that transfers well back to civilian side. Add the Biden admin opening up in-service transitions. This was me.
2) People who wanted to try to embrace their masculinity by jumping into one of the most stereotypically masculine jobs. Usually they break the first time they have to shave their head in basic. Alternatively for ftm, people who were subconciously chasing masculinity.
Like, it's pretty cut and dry. Stats have shown that transgender folks are statistically significantly more likely to be veterans than the general populace - which is part of why the disccharge of trans servicemembers in the US is a huge attack on our community. While it's not a lot of servicemembers relative to the military, it IS a lot trans people relative to the trans population that are suddenly losing their healthcare and job stability - especially those of us who didn't luck out on good jobs that transfer out easy or were very early into our service.
>>40033431
Yeaaa, I had a very long conversation (8 hours) with a good friend about this mess today, as well as just generally venting towards people I know for the better part of a year at this point. There's a deep deep rabbit hole to go down there but to sum it up pretty quickly without giving my current life story as a thesis: I am in an emotionally abusive relationship where my abuser uses learned helplessness to turn my empathy against me. Essentially, his life will implode without me and without at least some support, I feel my own life will implode due to not having the energy to properly care for both kids on my own... plus if he did off himself I don't think I could handle the emotional recoil or deal with the kids blaming me
I've known a *lot* of military trannies over my time in the service and usually it comes down to 2 trends:
1) Needed to stabilize life in order to begin transition - in the US in particular the military can be a very strong stepping stone in the middle class if you play it right and get a job that transfers well back to civilian side. Add the Biden admin opening up in-service transitions. This was me.
2) People who wanted to try to embrace their masculinity by jumping into one of the most stereotypically masculine jobs. Usually they break the first time they have to shave their head in basic. Alternatively for ftm, people who were subconciously chasing masculinity.
Like, it's pretty cut and dry. Stats have shown that transgender folks are statistically significantly more likely to be veterans than the general populace - which is part of why the disccharge of trans servicemembers in the US is a huge attack on our community. While it's not a lot of servicemembers relative to the military, it IS a lot trans people relative to the trans population that are suddenly losing their healthcare and job stability - especially those of us who didn't luck out on good jobs that transfer out easy or were very early into our service.
>>40033431
Yeaaa, I had a very long conversation (8 hours) with a good friend about this mess today, as well as just generally venting towards people I know for the better part of a year at this point. There's a deep deep rabbit hole to go down there but to sum it up pretty quickly without giving my current life story as a thesis: I am in an emotionally abusive relationship where my abuser uses learned helplessness to turn my empathy against me. Essentially, his life will implode without me and without at least some support, I feel my own life will implode due to not having the energy to properly care for both kids on my own... plus if he did off himself I don't think I could handle the emotional recoil or deal with the kids blaming me
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