Well, if my supplemental post wasn't deleted, you would have read that I specifically mentioned gays and how it wasn't an issue. I served side-by-side with gays back when they were officially 'banned' from service in the Canadian Forces.

The difference is that gays didn't require special surgery nor special medications nor counselling. They did not (based on my experience only) appear to have mental health issues over and above the norms. Many of the female gay members were pretty tough (....for girls). There were no restrictions on their ability to deploy.

A transgender person and a gay person are about as similar as children's laughter and an attack helicopter. One is attracted to members of their same sex, the other wants to be something different that what they were born as....I see no similarities whatsoever.