The US Army reveals that soldiers will have shower with transgender members of the opposite sex.
According to the Army Training slide titled “Soldier/Unit Training Barracks, Bathrooms, and Showers,” obtained by Breitbart News, the soldiers are instructed to shower with transgender members even if they haven’t undergone a surgical transition.
“Vignette: Following his transition from female to male (which did not include sex reassignment surgery) and gender marker change in DEERS, a transgender Soldier begins using male barracks, bathroom, and shower facilities. Because he did not undergo a surgical change, the Soldier still has female genitalia.” The slide reads.
Soldiers are reportedly instructed to “accept living and working conditions that are often austere, primitive, and characterized by little or no privacy. … Understand anyone may encounter individuals in barracks, bathrooms, or shower facilities with physical characteristics of the opposite sex despite having the same gender marker in DEERS.”
However, the slide made it clear hat the soldiers must be “respectful of the privacy and modesty concerns of others,” and added that “transgender Soldiers are not required or expected to modify or adjust their behavior based on the fact that they do not ‘match’ other Soldiers.”
Punishments are also revealed, claiming that “soldiers that violations of Equal Opportunity (EO) policies may result in disciplinary actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and that EO policies apply to working, living, and recreational environment (on and off-post, during duty and non-duty hours).”
The instruction became controversial with several soldiers disagreeing with the policy.
In wake of the controversy, reports about the teammates of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas have resurfaced after they shared how they felt about sharing a locker room with someone from the opposite sex.
“Multiple swimmers have raised it, multiple times… . But we were basically told that we could not ostracize Lia by not having her in the locker room and there’s nothing we can do about it, that we basically have to roll over and accept it, or we cannot use our locker room.” One swimmer said.
“It’s really upsetting because Lia doesn’t seem to care how it makes anyone else feel… . The 35 of us are just supposed to accept being uncomfortable in our own space and locker room for, like, the feelings of one.” The swimmer added.
