PoiDoggy, it is not a civil rights issue; it is a mental health issue.  Stress, anxiety and depression are common problems suffered by transgenders. They are disqualifiers for enlistment and commissioning and for continuing on active duty.  Military personnel diagnosed with these mental disorders are normally discharged and receive free VA health care and disability compensation for the rest of their lives.  It borders on insanity to knowingly allow a class of people with mental disorders to join the military services when many already serving are discharged as unfit when diagnosed with the same mental disorders.