Transgender ROTC cadet says he lost military scholarship after new DOD policy took effect.
A transgender ROTC cadet says he lost his military scholarship at the University of Texas due to theIn the wake of President's Donald Trump's implementation of the policy first ordered with a tweet in July 2017, reversing an Obama administration rule and barring transgender individuals from joining the military, some have said this new policy has affected their ability to become service members.
After the Pentagon announced in March that the new transgender policy would take effect on April 12, Pesqueira reached out to his adviser, who he claims told him that he would now be disqualified from military service. He was aware of the pending policy when he applied for the scholarship. ROTC cadets sign a contract to access into the military at the end of their junior year, so they are required to meet the same standards as any other individual in the military.
So the 19-year old from San Antonio decided to take matters into his own hands, creating a crowdfunding page last week with the intent to raise $20,000 to fund at least his sophomore year. Freshman ROTC cadet Map Pesqueira says he has lost his military scholarship at the University of Texas because he is transgender and now barred from serving in the U.S. Army under the Pentagon's new transgender policy.
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