so good news in the transgender
community and a couple of runs first we
start with your vision
an out the song contest to all Europe is
very familiar with it here in the US for
less familiar with it
but now it's in the news because
conchita worst so
18 and she's transgender and has
appeared as you can tell
so obviously some people are flipping
out your visions pretty
liberal to begin with and so it's not
like this
even the first time a transgender person
is one by in 1998
israel's date internationalism male to
female gender reassignment surgery
she'd had that several years before
competing she won
I and hurt there were
different outfits that were interesting
like them and we love Polish team came
out in now your post group been so
they're not teams but
and eight different seeing group done it
in in Clio did what was described as a
semi pornographic show featuring low-cut
milk maid outfits which sounds fun and
makes me want to check out your vision
for the first time
out but no one really complain about
them sorry pornographic that's awesome
now
but sister so liberal did and its Europe
did anyone really complain ok or worse
especially with
all day and he gave legislation in
russia the same goal were
over well in some places in Belarus the
manners the country
to censor that portion over your vision
and not put it on national television
in eastern europe in deficit several
different
countries the show this as a sign of
decadence
over the west and so there is some
significant controversy but
she a worse one anyway and when she did
she wrote she said this is dedicated to
everyone who believes
in a future peace and freedom we our
unity
and that's great and then she said one
ass about
what she thinks what a mere pawns
reaction would be I don't know if he's
watching this now but if so I'll say it
were unstoppable so good for her
great so now that's an interesting
forward step
um not a surprising given the context
but then we go to the US military
and we have a story is a little bit more
surprising now in 2010
the US military don't took away Don't
Ask Don't Tell allowing gays to serve
openly in the military was great step
forward
on outer cable is gonna go one further
step
was watch the issue transgender is a bit
more complicated because he had
a has a ir a
medical component to it these issues
the require medical attention arm
austere locations where we we put our
men and women
in and in many cases don't always
provide that kind of opportunity
I do think it he continually should be
reviewed
i'm open to that by the way i'm open to
those assessments
because again I go back to the bottom
line every qualified American
who wants to serve our country should
have an opportunity if they fit the
qualifications and can do it
I this is an area that we we we've got
to find
enough wow look at that US military is
open to
people serving openly is transgendered
now that's great that makes
a a lot of sense he's basically saying
anyone who wants to serve their country
ready to die for their country
will take 'em right are but of course a
lot of people would be again sinuses
look especially getting treatment
in faraway places like for example a
lotta places we find in Afghanistan it's
really really important to save their
lives
a partly says that cuz we already know
that there or
thousands of people who are transgender
that already or in the US Armed Forces
we just don't talk about it openly in
fact an independent commission
run by former US surgeon general doctor
Dru joslin elders found
this amazing I was stunned by this
15,000 450 transgender personnel
in the US armed forces how
is an amazing so since they're already
there and they're serving
and they're serving their country like I
said there will little lay there
lives down for their country you would
be nice if we recognize them
and said yes you could be open about who
you are but it looks like we're headed
in that direction so
great news all around we're all getting
a little bit more open minded
every day
