PECULIARITIES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MILITARY SERVICE FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS: U.S. PRACTICE AND THE SITUATION IN LITHUANIA
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Abstract
This article deals with the implementation of the military service of
transgender persons. The author analyses the experience of transgender military service
opportunities in the United States during the presidency of D. Trump, where the president’s drastic decision to ban transgender people from military service and the position of the courts in the ensuing disputes is analyzed. In Lithuania, transgender people
should not be exempted from compulsory military service under anti-discrimination
legislation, but implementing this right and obligation may pose some problems when
the gender legally documented in a person’s identity documents differs from that with
which they live. They may be found unsuitable based on personality and behavioral
disorders, according to the conclusion of a military medical examination.
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