Transgender Army captain: don't stay silent

I can understand both sides of the argument. You don't want to speak out, because of the consequences of doing so. Yet at the same time, the more who are out spoken the more we can all do to help.

Transgender U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer Peace on Wednesday called on fellow service members to speak up, saying “staying silent is the most dangerous thing you can do” in the wake of a Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump administration to temporarily enforce its restrictions on transgender people serving in the military.

“If you’re hiding, you’re scared about the consequences and the impacts, it doesn’t matter, you’ve got to speak because being silent and refusing to share your story is the most dangerous thing you can do,” Peace told Hill.TV’s Buck Sexton and Krystal Ball during an interview on “Rising.”

Peace, who has served in the military for over 13 years and completed two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, was outed in 2015 and was forced to officially reveal her new identity and transition while in the Army.

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