Trump bans transgender people from serving in U.S. military 'in any capacity'

[BmorePat87]

(08-12-2017, 05:03 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: So we should allow people who suffer from high suicide rates into the military?   Shouldn't we be concerned if they are one of the 4 out of 10 who will kill themselves?    Soldiers already have enough stress....  if 4 out of 10 are coming in likely to commit suicide then how much will that grow once under the stress of being a soldier?   And it's expensive to train a soldier..... why are we investing in people with such a high suicide rate coming through the door?      

Take out the transgender part of this and let's look at if this is a good investment of our time and resources on people who are likely to kill themselves.

No, it's 40% who have attempted, 92% of that having been prior to the age of 25. If you want to get technical, 4% of suicides are successful, so 1.6 in every 100. Higher than average (about 5 times higher than straight youth), but not anywhere near these numbers you're confused about. 

also, higher rates are related to strife they face from others, so a more appropriate response is to advocate for people not discriminating and causing people to believe they need to kill themselves (like calling them slurs).

Also, the military has a real suicide issue unrelated to this.