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Coast Guard 'will not break faith' with transgender members, leader says
By Ellen Mitchell - 08/01/17 12:06 PM EDT
Coast Guard officials reached out personally to their transgender service members to express support after President Trump’s announcement of a new policy barring transgender people in the military, according to Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft.
“The first thing we did is we reached out to all 13 members of the Coast Guard who have come out” as transgender, Zukunft told attendees at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event in Washington.
Zukunft said he contacted Lt. Taylor Miller, the Coast Guard’s first openly transitioning officer who was featured in a Washington Post article last week.
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http://thehill.com/policy/defense/344767-coast-guard-will-not-break-faith-with-transgender-members-leader-says