Transgender Navy SEAL slams Trump for banning service members: ‘Let’s meet face to face and you tell me I’m not worthy’
A transgender former Navy SEAL has spoken out against President Trump’s ban on transgender military members, saying he is preventing soldiers from doing their service.
“Let’s meet face to face and you tell me I’m not worthy,” Kristin Beck, a retired SEAL Team 6 member who has fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, told Business Insider.
Beck was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal during her time in the service, when she kept her gender identity a secret, according to a 2015 profile in GQ.
The President said that transgender service in the military causes a “disruption,” a claim bashed by Beck among others after the commander-in-chief’s Twitter announcement Wednesday.
16 Comments
roboteq
Posted on July 28, 2017 at 9:14 pm
This guy is proving President Trump’s point. He was not a transgender while he was in the military. Had he been, instead of being such a good combatant, he may have caused harm to come to his fellow Seals and himself.
It would be better for this guy to promote that those who want to be transgender, but also want to serve in the military, to put their social desires on the back burner, serve their country without the distraction of being transgender, and then be whatever they want to be after they have served.
justinwachin
Posted on July 28, 2017 at 6:53 pm
This turmoil is the responsibility of Barack Obama’s stupid choices. He created a scenario that he knew would cause problems for anyone who tried to reverse it. I’m glad President Trump has no problem dealing with stupid choices made by his predecessors.
Tiger
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 7:07 pm
1.) It was the policy of the military under all presidents, including Bill Clinton until Obama changed it in 2016.
2.) There is a difference in transgenders who are already transitioned and wanna be.
3.) In the past the military did not pay for these surgeries, nor did the VA, going through this leaves the soldier unable to go on deployment for 2 years or more.
4.) As soon as this policy change people joined for the free surgeries on your tax dollars.
5.) We have always had Queers in the military. They were in the locker at that time. Wish they would have stayed there. They served honorably and did their jobs, this is different all the way around.
6.) Military has a Mission, readiness is number one, fit in body and mind and ready to go at a minutes notice to serve in capacity necessary, this leaves transitioning Queers out of the picture.
7.) Politicians who want the vote and military Queers only ones outraged at getting us back on track.
Here is what 8 years of Obama did to this country.
From one old guy to my friends,
I used to think I was just a regular senior citizen.
– I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not, makes me a racist.
– I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today’s standards, apparently makes me a fascist. (and loving it)
– I am heterosexual, which according to gay people, now makes me a homophobe.
– I am a practicing Christian, which now labels me as an infidel.
– I am older than 65 and retired, which makes me a useless old man.
– I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the lame street media prints or says, which makes me a reactionary.
– I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe.
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I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and
the legal system, which makes me a right-wing extremist. (I think this is great)
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I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to
each individual’s merits, which today makes me an anti-socialist.
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I, and most of the people I know, acquired a fair education without
student loans (it’s called work) and no debt at graduation, which makes
me some kind of an odd underachiever.
– I believe in the defense and protection of our country for and by all citizens, which now makes me a militant.
– Please help me come to terms with the new me… because I‘m just not sure who I am anymore.
– I would like to thank all my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, new found changes in my life and my thinking!
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I just can’t imagine or understand what’s happened to me so quickly!
Funny…it’s all just taken place over the last 7 or 8 years!
– As if all this wasn’t enough to deal with… I’m now afraid to go into either restroom!
Imagine Albert in combat gear, watching your back, on hormone replacement therapy. OK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9cTQ1ZRdbw
Everyone needs to watch this it is tough at times but you will know why no transition surgeries need to be given in the military and question transgenders in our military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGgmBVTd84
Shane
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 4:14 pm
I assume that the Seal guy/girl is still biologically a man. If he were to get the surgery to become a woman, then he would not be able to stay a Seal, as he would lose strength. I feel bad for military members who are trans, but our military cannot afford to pay billions of dollars for sex change surgery, and deal with the mental health problems that many trans people have.
BOC
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 11:46 am
Notice he “hid” his gender identification while serving in the military. It would have been interesting to see how the members of his Seal team would have reacted had this information been out in the open while he was serving. It could be almost guaranteed with 100% certainty it would have been a “distraction”.
Also, the military is not there as social experiment for the left and Chris, Kristen, you can cut off your nut sack, but you’re still a dude albeit one with deep seated psychological issues. Their purpose of the military is to protect this country from outside threats and blowing up and breaking shit that gets in the way of accomplishing their objective.
Rodney Steward
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 11:34 am
Bless it’s heart, they must not have finished it’s addadicktome!! Pay for it yo D’N self, if they have to be in let them have their OWN company, NO MIXING with the real men!!
Ramon1710 .
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 11:00 am
Deluded on the most basic of issues, how can they consider themselves mentally fit to defend a country? Oh yeah, “pride”, the almighty ego.
exoticdoc2
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 10:24 am
You are not worthy because you are a mentally sick individual trying to pretend you are the opposite gender. The military does not need to accept the sick and twisted.
Debbie
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 10:08 am
Will people please put our military first and stop thinking about I. I. I. We do not have time when lives are on the line to fight out this on the battle field
mort_f
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 9:29 am
Perhaps if there had not been added millions of dollars to the Defense budget pandering to provide conversion operations this subject would never have come up. There have always been very good reasons that the word ‘uniform’ is de rigeur in the military, For in the military, and especially in combat operations, all ‘parts’ must be replaceable with like ‘parts’ Far better that millions of dollars for sex change operations be used for ammunition and spare parts for armaments..
uhptony
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 9:12 am
Get real idiot. You were born a man and no amount of cosmetic surgery can change your DNA. You and your kind are absolutely disgudting.
Bob
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 8:16 am
It is accepted that the Military has certain standards that must be met to join. It is accepted that not every person can join, no matter that their motivation level. They would not accept a person with a heart defect, no matter how well they performed on physical agility tests. They would not accept a person with a missing limb for initial enlistment. I know a young lady who was very motivated to be a US Marine, enlisting while still in high school and being accepted into the delayed entry program to leave after graduation. After several months in the DEP, it was found that she had a severe peanut allergy and was disqualified, her dream ending. The military would not take people who are on steroids, although they are in great shape. They will not accept the extremely obese or the extremely thin. They will not accept those with many pre-existing conditions, no matter what their motivation. It is just a fact. This is just another condition that has been decided that they will no longer accept.
goldie
Posted on July 28, 2017 at 11:37 am
Very reasonable explanation.
Humble Servant
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 7:40 am
Transgender people are not the norm. This being the case why would you expect everyone else, not like you, to swallow what you are pitching? This problem you have does not have to be put in every ones face, unless you are desperately asking for help to fix you. We won’t pay for any of your Diaspora wants. This you will need to do through hard work and dedication. When this becomes a reality to you and the efforts you have put into providing funds to make these crazy body mutilating changes you may wake up and realize you have been saved from a life long pain from a bad decision. You can thank us later. Your welcome…
Carleyjdickinson
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 3:44 am
Roadrunner
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 7:15 am
Carleydickinson-fuck you and your private site.