And They Twisted The Knife!

Not only did they stab us in the back but they twisted the knife in our back... they forced out trans service members and now they tampering with their retirement.

US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service

AP News

By  KONSTANTIN TOROPIN

August 7, 2025

The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. One Air Force sergeant said he was “betrayed and devastated” by the move.

The move means that transgender service members will now be faced with the choice of either taking a lump-sum separation payment offered to junior troops or be removed from the service.

An Air Force spokesperson told The Associated Press that “although service members with 15 to 18 years of honorable service were permitted to apply for an exception to policy, none of the exceptions to policy were approved.” About a dozen service members had been “prematurely notified” that they would be able to retire before that decision was reversed, according to the spokesperson who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal Air Force policy.

Do you believe this s**t!

Shannon Leary, a lawyer who represents LGBTQ+ people in employment discrimination cases, says she expects lawsuits to challenge Thursday’s decision. “It seems quite arbitrary on its face and cruel,” she said. “These military members have dedicated their lives to serving our country.”

Normally, Leary said, when early retirement is offered in the military, it’s available to all members who have served over 15 years. She said she expects other service branches to follow the Air Force’s path.

How petty! Meanspirited! That is how deep their hatred of us goes, that they would stoop to doing this! It is an attack on on the dignity, recognition, and basic decency of the service, it is a betrayal of their wiliness to put their lives on the line for their country, it is intentionally punitive and for political gain!

My Congressional representative had this to say...

 No one who is qualified and answers the call to serve should be denied that opportunity. The Trump trans military ban is simply discrimination.

Now, he wants to not only kick out our brave servicemembers but deny them the retirement benefits they earned. How cruel.