The Army announced Friday that it was elevating authority to discharge transgender service members from local to the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs, the highest level to which that authority has ever been assigned. “In essence, the announcement places a moratorium on dismissals by requiring officers to explain their decision to discharge a transgender soldier to a high-ranking civilian leader, a move many would view as potentially damaging to their careers,” reports USA Today.
We also spotlighted a story on transgender model Andreja Pejic. (above left) She told Gay Star News about the ten years it has taken her to get to this point in her life. In the article Andreja spoke of knowing the possibility of a MtF gender transition was possible as early as 13, but was hesitant for career reasons and now says there are other trans models in the closet for the same reason.She also mentioned the Leelah Alcorn tragedy. Follow the link above for more.
Finally, a couple of you commented on the addition of a direct link to "Frock Magazine" on the top right hand side of the blog:
- Sally BendMarch 6, 2015 at 1:39 PMVery cool idea putting Frock directly on the front page, hon. What I did was create a page for it within my blog, and then just update the cover image/link on my front page for each issue
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It was an excellent article in Frock. I am proud of you for your contributions to the T community. We are a diverse bunch in terms of age, interest, proclivities and needs and you surely fill a spot in the T world.
Pat - Thanks to both of you ladies! In fact Sally, Katie Glover, the editor of Frock mentioned the same idea to me! And, Pat, Katie and I had actually been "chatting" back and forth for over a year before we could come up with an idea which would possibly work. Thanks so much for the compliments!!!
