Obama Administration Orders Army To Welcome Openly Transgendered Military Working Dogs

Paws Across The Rainbow, the nation’s leading advocacy group for LGBT animals, hailed the move, calling it a “landmark
achievement for all military working animals, no matter what their sexuality.”

“We hope that this will serve as an example throughout the military that being transgendered is simply not a reason to
discriminate against competent and talented military working animals of all species, said spokesman Pat Riley, while also
calling on the Army to provide no-cost gender-reassignment surgery for the dogs “as a gesture of tolerance and recognition
of the diverse nature of today’s military working animals.”

Some of the more traditional, conservative elements within the Army might not be so ready to embrace such a radical
change, however.

The all-male caisson horses of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, or “The Old Guard,” long entrusted with the solemn honor of
bearing the caskets of fallen warriors and deceased U.S. presidents, have drawn fire for refusing to allow female or openly
LGBT horses within its ranks, and the regiment’s command team is unapologetic about that fact.

“As long as I’m here, that’s the way it’s going to stay,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Samuel J. Stoker, The Old Guard’s senior
noncommissioned officer. “I’ll resign before I’ll see some fancy-prancing fairy-horsey bear my president down the National Mall.”

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