Army Times:
The door slammed open and then quickly shut as the first sergeant stormed into my office. “Chaplain!” he exclaimed. “I just learned one of my female E3s is no longer a ‘she,’ but a ‘he.’ What the *** am I supposed to do about that?”
Another time, another office, and a young same-sex couple was close to tears because they had been informed a Strong Bonds event would have to be cancelled or rescheduled because they registered for it.
Then there was the day in class when a fellow chaplain said he was relieved that regulations meant he could avoid performing services for LGBTQI+ members as long as that was his endorser’s stance, because it gave him an easy way out of dealing with what he considered a thorny issue.