For Trump and the military, as well as for militant feminists and LGBT activists, this would be a win-win. Fantasists (feminists and LGBT) want transgenders in the military and women on the front line. Realists (Trump and military) don't want women in combat and don't want transgenders anywhere in the military. Therefore, why not let the transgenders (man > "woman") fill out one single, small combat unit and store them on the shelf?  Station them stateside, always available for press interviews, demonstrations, and photo ops.  As men, they have a significant physical advantage over women*, so they can exceed the military's physical requirements for women.  That would allow the military to maintain a higher minimum physical standard for women in all combat units – using the transgenders as their baseline – and thereby keep women out of combat units.  And that single transgender unit, certified as "women" by the...(Read Full Post)