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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219966503321

Autore

Schaefer Agnes Gereben

Titolo

Assessing the implications of allowing transgender personnel to serve openly / / Agnes Gereben Schaefer [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND Corporation, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8330-9439-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 91 pages) : color charts

Disciplina

306.270973

Soggetti

Transgender military personnel - United States

Gay military personnel - Government policy - United States

Intersex military personnel - United States

United States Armed Forces Minorities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"Recent U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy banned transgender personnel from serving openly in the military. Potential changes to this policy raised questions regarding access to gender transition--related health care, the range of transition-related treatments that DoD will need to provide, the potential costs associated with these treatments, and the impact of these health care needs on force readiness and the deployability of transgender service members. A RAND study identified the health care needs of the transgender population and transgender service members in particular. It also examined the costs of covering transition-related treatments, assessed the potential readiness implications of a policy change, and reviewed the experiences of foreign militaries that permit transgender personnel to serve openly"--Publisher's description