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Transgender student, 19, whose 'childhood dream' was to join the military, loses college scholarship because of Trump's ban
 - [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Map Pesqueira, 19, was given an ROTC scholarship to the University of Texas
- Now, he has been told it is ineffective because he won't be able to join the military when he graduates
- Map was Maddie until last year when he underwent reassignment surgery on the upper half of his body
- He has started hormone therapy and has legally changed his name and gender
- The teenager wants to carry on studying but cannot afford it without the scholarship
- The US Naval Academy is also banning transgender people from 2020 onwards
- On Friday, a federal ban on transgender people joining the military went into effect
Posted by: Fred 2019-04-18 |
