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Support for Transgender Military Service from Active Duty United States Military Personnel

  • 18-02-2020
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Shannon L. Dunlap
Ian W. Holloway
Chad E. Pickering
Michael Tzen
Jeremy T. Goldbach
Carl Andrew Castro
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Sexuality Research and Social Policy | Issue 1/2021

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Abstract

Introduction

Most transgender individuals are banned from serving in and joining the U.S. military. Historically, exclusions and limits have been placed on women, people of color, and sexual minority people seeking to serve and advance within the U.S. military. However, both history and prior research demonstrate that diversity contributes to social and institutional advancement within both U.S. and international militaries.

Methods

We used an adapted respondent-driven sampling (RDS) approach to recruit transgender and cisgender heterosexual and LGB active duty military members in a first-of-its-kind study funded by the Department of Defense. We recruited 540 active duty service members serving one of the four major branches of the U.S. military between August 2017 and March 2018. We examined data from 486 heterosexual cisgender and LGB cisgender service members to understand their support for transgender people serving in the U.S. military.

Results

Findings indicate broad support for transgender military service across all four branches of the military and military ranks, with some statistically significant differences in support emerging by gender, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity.

Discussion

Results suggest that the ban, in part, based on a belief that transgender service members degrade unit readiness, contradicts our findings of broad support for transgender service among active duty service members.

Policy Implications

Policies limiting transgender service in the U.S. military should be lifted given these data.

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Title
Support for Transgender Military Service from Active Duty United States Military Personnel
Authors
Shannon L. Dunlap
Ian W. Holloway
Chad E. Pickering
Michael Tzen
Jeremy T. Goldbach
Carl Andrew Castro
Publication date
18-02-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Sexuality Research and Social Policy / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1868-9884
Electronic ISSN: 1553-6610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-020-00437-x
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