Defence’s gender-bending preoccupation comes at the cost of a real equity issue: fair indexation
First came the news that Defence was funding sex-change operations. Of course, this could not go ahead without the all-encompassing bureaucratic machine springing into action. Now commanders have official policy advising them that those fearlessly embarking on ‘gender reassignment surgery’ are to have access to their affirmed ablution facilities. Defence, struggling to deal with negative publicity surrounding years of alleged sexual...