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The post is incorrect to begin with. I don't know the source of the photo, but in Thailand, the service is based on a lottery for men. You may easily never roll it. There are many thai students (girls too) that do military training during their high school years on some days and don't have to serve later. Also, this transitioning strategy will work in most countries in the world as most of them don't allow transwomen.
"Trans women" should be written separately, as "trans" is an adjective.
"transwomen" and "transmen", on the other hand, are common dog whistles used by science denires to imply trans people are in a category of their own.
*won't work But yes, even in "developed" countries it's a whole process and they might still force you to serve. (I wouldn't have been able to doge it since I'm too old to transition or whatever, but depression saved me)
Mandatory military service is a slavery.
Only if there are ways out for the elite. Otherwise it's essentially a defense co-op. If you believe your country is using the military in ethically wrong ways, that's the actual problem, not the draft.
It has merits in some cases. (Eg living beside a hostile country like N Korea)
It can be a good thing.
While Canada doesn't have it, most of our military usage is disaster relief and it comes with free education.
I wouldn't mind everyone having to help in shelters, evacuate people, or fill sand bags in exchange for free education.
I think I completely understand this situation and I do not live in Thailand.
Is this because trans peeps are not allowed in the military or because women cannot enlist?
Women can enlist but not be chosen in the draft lottery.
Thailand recognizes trans women as men but can be excused for medical reasons if they have undergone gender reassignment surgery.
Previously the exemption was recognized as mental illness.
Oh I see. Thank you!
... So Thailand actually has significantly better trans rights than the US does.
Because currently, in the US, trans people do not legally exist.
It's complicated. Thailand has a continuous culture of recognizing gender non conformance (in part due to having never been colonized).
It's not amazing, and a lot of transfeminized people in Thailand are pushed into sex work, as well as facing some social stigmas. But from everything I've heard it's a lot better than a lot of the world
Iran has better trans rights than the US does...
You serious?
I mean it's a bit more complex obviously, e. g. it's highly medicalized, you need a "gender identity disorder" diagnosis to legally transition and GAS in order to change your legal gender, but on the other hand HRT and GAS are state subsidized among other rights and protections specific to trans people.
see here for more https://outrightinternational.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/OutRightTransReport.pdf
Your source is a decade old. The situation has deteriorated in practice after the 2022 protests, with the regime seeing trans people as connecting with the broader Western lgbtq+ movement and so "importing harmful ideas". Source from last year: https://uprdoc.ohchr.org/uprweb/downloadfile.aspx?filename=13540&file=EnglishTranslation
In general, it's not that Iran recognizes "trans people". There is no (officially allowed) trans identity. Medical and surgical transition is allowed as a way to "smooth a flaw" and assimilate into cishet-normative society. It is often applied as a way of state-sponsored conversion therapy: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/middleeast/iran-transgender-surgery.html
I'm sorry what exactly has changed since then, on a systemic level?
Yeah the US trying to pinkwash their war efforts has certainly made the situation for LGBTQ people more difficult, but that's not a phenomenon unique to Iran. It's the same in Russia, large parts of Africa, West asia and I think latin america as well. If the nation hostile to you (like e.g. bombing schools while they're in session) is also loudly proclaiming they want more gay rights, the knee-jerk reaction is that this must be a hostile act aimed at dismantling your society as well. That's one of the ways how capitalists divide society into different identities and pit them against eachother.
They're recognized as men in Thailand.
They are recognized by DoD policy and can opt out, but they also cannot opt in.
They effectively cannot vote in half the the county.
Sooo this is a good way to meet sexy singles in my area?
Enlisting in the military has always been an effective means of getting laid from what I hear
I hear it's more effective to marry someone in the military. You get a ton of action while they're deployed.
Surely the army would conscript them to a cybersecurity red team?
military bad, draft bad.
but, yhea, gender discrimination is also bad. not sure if finding roles for them in the system is progress.
I think the joke is that at least in the west there is a very high amount of people in the tech industry who are trans.
Also in military intelligence for that reason. At least if my veteran friends are telling the truth
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Don‘t think they have enough striped unix-socks.
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In Greece they check that you have 2 balls. You can't serve if you have one only.
well at least its pretty deterministic
Wouldn't want Hitler serving in the Greek army!
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Hey, you can't be sure these girls aren't also there to visit their boyfriends in the army.
It took me 15 seconds to read that explanation and I understand it fully without ever even going there. Terrible answer to the posted question.
I think the assumption is that there is an unspoken "unless it was explained to them"
otherwise that would be the case for like pretty much all answers
The US excludes us too, but it just feels... different.
Draft bad
Gender discrimination bad
but in this case, somehow, they cancel each other out.
To be honest, if a country is gonna implement a draft or some form of compulsory service requirement, it should be gender neutral, and apply to their citizens universally, with no bearing on gender identity. By all means keep the physical fitness standards to ensure force effectiveness, but possession of one or another particular combinations of genitalia should not play into the equation at all.
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