WEBVTT 00:01.034 --> 00:01.668 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: YESTERDAY, 00:01.668 --> 00:03.203 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DURING A CLOSED DOOR SESSION, 00:03.203 --> 00:05.071 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SUPREME COURT DID NOT ACT ON 00:05.071 --> 00:06.239 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S 00:06.239 --> 00:08.074 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REQUEST TO INTERVENE IN THE 00:08.074 --> 00:09.542 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGAL FIGHT OVER THE PROPOSED 00:09.542 --> 00:11.344 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BAN ON MOST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE 00:11.344 --> 00:13.246 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SERVING IN THE U.S. MILITARY. 00:13.246 --> 00:14.614 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, THE YEAR-AND-A-HALF-LONG 00:14.614 --> 00:16.349 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COURT BATTLE OVER THE BAN LIFTED 00:16.349 --> 00:17.751 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION 00:17.751 --> 00:20.320 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WILL CONTINUE IN LOWER COURTS. 00:20.320 --> 00:21.588 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTEMPTED 00:21.588 --> 00:24.157 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO REINSTATE THE BAN IN 2017, 00:24.157 --> 00:25.625 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THOUSANDS OF TRANSGENDER TROOPS 00:25.625 --> 00:27.494 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE SERVED WHILE UNSURE OF 00:27.494 --> 00:29.462 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR RIGHTS OR THE FUTURE OF 00:29.462 --> 00:31.231 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR MILITARY CAREERS. 00:31.231 --> 00:31.965 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE DOCUMENTARY, 00:31.965 --> 00:33.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "TRANSMILITARY," RELEASED ON 00:33.566 --> 00:35.502 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% iTUNES THIS WEEK, SHOWS WHAT 00:35.502 --> 00:37.404 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIFE IS LIKE FOR THESE SOLDIERS. 00:37.404 --> 00:38.571 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEGAN THOMPSON RECENTLY SAT DOWN 00:38.571 --> 00:40.173 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH A FORMER SOLDIER AS WELL AS 00:40.173 --> 00:43.043 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE FILM'’’S DIRECTOR. 00:43.043 --> 00:43.777 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: WHEN LAILA IRELAND 00:43.777 --> 00:45.545 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS 17 YEARS OLD, SHE JOINED THE 00:45.545 --> 00:46.379 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARMY. 00:46.379 --> 00:47.714 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO BE AN 00:47.714 --> 00:49.449 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTERROGATOR AND DEPLOYED TWICE 00:49.449 --> 00:50.450 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO IRAQ. 00:50.450 --> 00:51.718 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRELAND EVENTUALLY BECAME A 00:51.718 --> 00:53.686 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CORPORAL, CONTINUING A LONG 00:53.686 --> 00:55.288 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRADITION OF MILITARY SERVICE IN 00:55.288 --> 00:56.356 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HER FAMILY. 00:56.356 --> 00:56.956 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MY FATHER WAS IN THE 00:56.956 --> 00:57.924 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY, AND MY GRANDFATHER WAS 00:57.924 --> 00:58.858 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE MILITARY. 00:58.858 --> 00:59.793 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS IN THE 00:59.793 --> 01:00.460 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY. 01:00.460 --> 01:01.394 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND I WANTED TO BE PART OF THAT 01:01.394 --> 01:04.597 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGACY, PART OF THAT TRADITION, 01:04.597 --> 01:05.932 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT I ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT BEING 01:05.932 --> 01:08.168 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A PART OF THE TRADITION DID NOT 01:08.168 --> 01:10.003 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALLOW ME TO REALLY BE MYSELF. 01:10.003 --> 01:10.737 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE 01:10.737 --> 01:12.572 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRELAND IS TRANSGENDER. 01:12.572 --> 01:14.541 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHEN SHE ENLISTED IN 2003, THERE 01:14.541 --> 01:16.076 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS A BAN ON TRANSGENDER PEOPLE 01:16.076 --> 01:16.876 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SERVING. 01:16.876 --> 01:18.178 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE U.S. MILITARY HAD LONG 01:18.178 --> 01:19.546 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONSIDERED ISSUES RELATED TO 01:19.546 --> 01:20.680 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEING TRANSGENDER AS 01:20.680 --> 01:22.082 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DISQUALIFYING PHYSICAL AND 01:22.082 --> 01:23.416 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MENTAL CONDITIONS. 01:23.416 --> 01:25.118 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, DURING HER 12 YEARS IN THE 01:25.118 --> 01:27.253 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARMY, IRELAND OFTEN COULDN'T 01:27.253 --> 01:29.689 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IDENTIFY OPENLY AS A WOMAN. 01:29.689 --> 01:33.259 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT WAS DIFFICULT, HAVING TO 01:33.259 --> 01:34.894 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIVE BY THE CORE VALUES OF THE 01:34.894 --> 01:37.097 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY WHERE I WOULD... ONE OF 01:37.097 --> 01:39.065 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES TO ME IS 01:39.065 --> 01:39.999 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTEGRITY. 01:39.999 --> 01:41.434 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND I VIOLATED THAT ON A DAILY 01:41.434 --> 01:43.837 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BASIS BY NOT BEING TRUE TO WHO I 01:43.837 --> 01:45.271 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AM OR NOT BEING ABLE TO SHARE 01:45.271 --> 01:46.306 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT. 01:46.306 --> 01:47.073 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: IRELAND'S STORY 01:47.073 --> 01:48.475 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNFOLDS IN THE DOCUMENTARY, 01:48.475 --> 01:50.143 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "TRANSMILITARY," WHICH TELLS THE 01:50.143 --> 01:51.778 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STORIES OF FOUR TRANSGENDER 01:51.778 --> 01:52.712 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TROOPS. 01:52.712 --> 01:54.180 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ONE RAND CORPORATION STUDY 01:54.180 --> 01:56.082 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ESTIMATED AMERICAN FORCES COULD 01:56.082 --> 01:58.985 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INCLUDE AS MANY AS 10,790 01:58.985 --> 02:00.653 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. 02:00.653 --> 02:02.722 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A STUDY BY U.C.L.A. ESTIMATES 02:02.722 --> 02:03.690 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 02:03.690 --> 02:06.025 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 15,500. 02:06.025 --> 02:07.393 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GABRIEL SILVERMAN CO-DIRECTED 02:07.393 --> 02:08.228 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE FILM. 02:08.228 --> 02:10.096 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE SAYS THE PROJECT BEGAN AS A 02:10.096 --> 02:11.231 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHORT DOCUMENTARY FOR THE "NEW 02:11.231 --> 02:14.467 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YORK TIMES," PUBLISHED IN 2015. 02:14.467 --> 02:15.401 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY 02:15.401 --> 02:17.837 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROBLEM FOR US TO SERVE OPENLY. 02:17.837 --> 02:18.938 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AT THE TIME, DEBATE 02:18.938 --> 02:20.206 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAD BEGUN ABOUT LIFTING THE 02:20.206 --> 02:22.175 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRANSGENDER BAN, BUT SILVERMAN 02:22.175 --> 02:23.676 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SAYS STORIES LIKE IRELAND'S 02:23.676 --> 02:25.044 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WEREN'’’T WELL KNOWN. 02:25.044 --> 02:27.580 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE POINTS TO A 2015 POLL SHOWING 02:27.580 --> 02:30.216 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT ONLY 16% OF THOSE SURVEYED 02:30.216 --> 02:32.152 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPORTED WORKING OR EVEN KNOWING 02:32.152 --> 02:33.686 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A TRANS PERSON. 02:33.686 --> 02:35.622 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SO, HERE WE ARE, HAVING THIS 02:35.622 --> 02:36.389 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 02:36.389 --> 02:37.290 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONVERSATION AROUND GENDER 02:37.290 --> 02:38.858 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IDENTITY, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY 02:38.858 --> 02:41.594 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF AMERICANS HADN'’’T MET ANYBODY. 02:41.594 --> 02:44.497 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND WE REALIZED THAT, LOOK, THE 02:44.497 --> 02:47.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BAN WAS STILL IN PLACE; WE HAVE 02:47.100 --> 02:48.401 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS INCREDIBLE STORY, WE HAVE 02:48.401 --> 02:49.636 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF PEOPLE 02:49.636 --> 02:51.171 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT WE GET TO FOLLOW; AND LET'S 02:51.171 --> 02:52.572 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SEE WHERE THIS GOES. 02:52.572 --> 02:53.873 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND, WE DID. 02:53.873 --> 02:54.607 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: OVER THE NEXT THREE 02:54.607 --> 02:56.075 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEARS, SILVERMAN AND HIS TEAM 02:56.075 --> 02:58.111 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTINUED TO FOLLOW IRELAND AND 02:58.111 --> 02:59.846 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THREE OTHER TRANS TROOPS: 02:59.846 --> 03:01.814 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAPTAIN JENNIFER PEACE; FIRST 03:01.814 --> 03:04.083 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIEUTENANT EL COOK; AND LOGAN 03:04.083 --> 03:06.286 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRELAND, LAILA'S HUSBAND AND A 03:06.286 --> 03:08.121 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STAFF SERGEANT IN THE AIR FORCE 03:08.121 --> 03:09.556 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHO'D SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN FROM 03:09.556 --> 03:11.925 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 2014 TO 15. 03:11.925 --> 03:14.260 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> EVERY DAY, IN KANDAHAR, OUR 03:14.260 --> 03:15.595 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JOB ITSELF WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE 03:15.595 --> 03:16.696 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE WIRE IS INHERENTLY 03:16.696 --> 03:18.731 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DANGEROUS. 03:18.731 --> 03:19.399 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: BESIDES SHOWING 03:19.399 --> 03:20.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR 03:20.466 --> 03:22.302 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRANSGENDER TROOPS, THE FILM 03:22.302 --> 03:23.336 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHOWS SOME OF THE SERVICE 03:23.336 --> 03:24.871 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MEMBERS LOBBYING HIGH-LEVEL 03:24.871 --> 03:26.239 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OFFICIALS AT THE PENTAGON TO 03:26.239 --> 03:28.208 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELIMINATE THE TRANSGENDER BAN. 03:28.208 --> 03:29.842 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT COMING OUT AS TRANS TO 03:29.842 --> 03:32.045 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEADERSHIP CARRIED HUGE RISKS, 03:32.045 --> 03:33.246 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF 03:33.246 --> 03:34.714 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GETTING KICKED OUT. 03:34.714 --> 03:36.149 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFTER ONE OF CAPTAIN JENNIFER 03:36.149 --> 03:37.984 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEACE'S FIRST MEETINGS, WORD GOT 03:37.984 --> 03:39.018 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BACK TO HER COMMAND IN 03:39.018 --> 03:40.553 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WASHINGTON STATE THAT SHE WAS 03:40.553 --> 03:41.921 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRANS. 03:41.921 --> 03:44.190 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GOING 03:44.190 --> 03:45.325 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO IMMEDIATELY GO BACK TO MALE 03:45.325 --> 03:47.193 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REGULATIONS, TO HAVE MY HAIR CUT 03:47.193 --> 03:49.662 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITHIN MALE REGULATIONS, THAT I 03:49.662 --> 03:50.730 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS GOING TO CORRECT PEOPLE TO 03:50.730 --> 03:51.898 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MALE PRONOUNS. 03:51.898 --> 03:53.132 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: LAILA IRELAND SAYS 03:53.132 --> 03:54.334 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BEING ASKED TO SPEAK OUT IN THE 03:54.334 --> 03:55.868 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FILM PUT THE SERVICE MEMBERS AT 03:55.868 --> 03:57.003 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RISK, TOO. 03:57.003 --> 03:58.071 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MY REACTION WAS, "YOU'RE 03:58.071 --> 03:58.705 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CRAZY." 03:58.705 --> 03:59.606 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKE, "I CAN'’’T DO THIS." 03:59.606 --> 04:00.506 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKE, "I'M PUTTING EVERYTHING ON 04:00.506 --> 04:01.207 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE LINE." 04:01.207 --> 04:03.977 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, IF NOT 04:03.977 --> 04:05.845 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% US, WHO WAS GOING TO DO THIS FOR 04:05.845 --> 04:06.679 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% US? 04:06.679 --> 04:07.714 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: THE RISKS ALSO 04:07.714 --> 04:08.781 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESENTED CHALLENGES TO THE 04:08.781 --> 04:09.849 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FILMMAKERS. 04:09.849 --> 04:11.351 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOW DO YOU FILM THIS FILM 04:11.351 --> 04:12.852 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, OUTING 04:12.852 --> 04:14.153 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE, ESSENTIALLY? 04:14.153 --> 04:15.655 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS 04:15.655 --> 04:16.823 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR THE DOCUMENTARY UNDERSTOOD 04:16.823 --> 04:18.224 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT THIS IS EITHER GOING TO 04:18.224 --> 04:19.959 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COME OUT AT A TIME WHERE THE, 04:19.959 --> 04:20.793 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, BAN IS STILL IN PLACE 04:20.793 --> 04:21.594 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THEIR CAREER IS GOING TO BE 04:21.594 --> 04:23.763 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN JEOPARDY ANYWAYS; OR THE BAN 04:23.763 --> 04:25.498 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS GOING TO BE LIFTED AND WE ARE 04:25.498 --> 04:27.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABLE TO RELEASE THIS WITHOUT 04:27.133 --> 04:29.569 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JEOPARDIZING THEIR CAREERS. 04:29.569 --> 04:30.503 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE 04:30.503 --> 04:32.071 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CALCULATION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE 04:32.071 --> 04:32.939 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ENDED UP MAKING. 04:32.939 --> 04:35.041 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE PERNICIOUS ASPECT OF THIS IS 04:35.041 --> 04:38.411 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT WE CAN'T GO TO A PUBLIC 04:38.411 --> 04:39.579 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFFAIRS OFFICER IN THE MILITARY 04:39.579 --> 04:40.780 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND SAY, "I WANT TO FOLLOW THIS 04:40.780 --> 04:43.549 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RANDOM, YOU KNOW, SENIOR AIRMAN 04:43.549 --> 04:44.951 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN AFGHANISTAN." 04:44.951 --> 04:45.418 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "WHY?" 04:45.418 --> 04:46.252 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "OH, BECAUSE HE'S TRANSGENDER." 04:46.252 --> 04:46.953 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY 04:46.953 --> 04:48.254 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RAISING THE RED FLAG. 04:48.254 --> 04:50.590 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, FORTUNATELY, LOGAN HAD SOME 04:50.590 --> 04:53.860 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FRIENDS IN AFGHANISTAN WHO HAD 04:53.860 --> 04:55.495 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROSUMER D.S.L.R. FOOTAGE AND 04:55.495 --> 04:57.397 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SOME GOPROS AND WAS ABLE TO 04:57.397 --> 04:58.464 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAPTURE SOME OF THE FOOTAGE THAT 04:58.464 --> 04:59.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HIS DAY-TO- 04:59.966 --> 05:01.134 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DAY ROUTINE. 05:01.134 --> 05:02.302 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AS THE FILM SHOWS, 05:02.302 --> 05:03.770 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A TRANS SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE 05:03.770 --> 05:05.538 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEPENDS LARGELY ON WHO'S IN 05:05.538 --> 05:06.973 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIRECT COMMAND. 05:06.973 --> 05:09.042 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN AFGHANISTAN, LOGAN IRELAND 05:09.042 --> 05:10.877 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAD A DANGEROUS JOB AS THE LEAD 05:10.877 --> 05:12.612 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DRIVER OF A CONVOY. 05:12.612 --> 05:14.147 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS COMMANDER ACCEPTED HIS 05:14.147 --> 05:16.015 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IDENTITY, AND IRELAND SAYS HE 05:16.015 --> 05:17.383 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIT RIGHT IN WITH HIS MALE 05:17.383 --> 05:18.251 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEERS. 05:18.251 --> 05:18.885 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS 05:18.885 --> 05:21.354 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEPLOYMENT IS, I CAN BE MY 05:21.354 --> 05:22.622 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AUTHENTIC SELF. 05:22.622 --> 05:23.589 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: IRELAND EVEN CAME 05:23.589 --> 05:26.092 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUT IN 2015 TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 05:26.092 --> 05:27.860 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ASHTON 05:27.860 --> 05:29.462 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CARTER, WHO VISITED IRELAND'S 05:29.462 --> 05:31.097 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BASE IN AFGHANISTAN. 05:31.097 --> 05:32.665 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE VISIT MADE HEADLINES WHEN 05:32.665 --> 05:34.367 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CARTER COMMENTED HE'’’D BE 05:34.367 --> 05:35.902 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RECEPTIVE TO LETTING TRANSGENDER 05:35.902 --> 05:37.770 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE SERVE OPENLY. 05:37.770 --> 05:39.172 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> LITERALLY AT THE LAST SPLIT 05:39.172 --> 05:40.573 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECOND, I DECIDED TO INTRODUCE 05:40.573 --> 05:41.407 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MYSELF. 05:41.407 --> 05:42.642 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "SIR, I'M SENIOR AIRMAN LOGAN 05:42.642 --> 05:43.409 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IRELAND. 05:43.409 --> 05:46.479 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I AM REPRESENTING ONE OF THE 05:46.479 --> 05:48.281 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 15,000 ACTIVELY SERVING 05:48.281 --> 05:49.716 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRANSGENDER MEMBERS OF THE 05:49.716 --> 05:50.817 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILITARY." 05:50.817 --> 05:53.786 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS EYES BUGGED OUT, AND HE IS 05:53.786 --> 05:55.021 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SWEETEST GUY. 05:55.021 --> 05:56.823 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE'S LIKE, "WOW, THIS IS... THIS 05:56.823 --> 05:57.590 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS INCREDIBLE. 05:57.590 --> 05:58.558 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THANK YOU SO MUCH. 05:58.558 --> 05:59.225 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 05:59.225 --> 06:01.160 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SERVICE AND HAVING THE INTEGRITY 06:01.160 --> 06:02.161 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO COME UP HERE AND TELL ME 06:02.161 --> 06:02.895 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT." 06:02.895 --> 06:03.629 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: WHILE LOGAN WAS 06:03.629 --> 06:05.031 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABLE TO BE HIS TRUE SELF IN 06:05.031 --> 06:07.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AFGHANISTAN, BACK IN THE STATES, 06:07.233 --> 06:09.535 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LAILA IRELAND WASN'’’T SO LUCKY. 06:09.535 --> 06:10.937 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE WAS STATIONED AT THE TRIPLER 06:10.937 --> 06:13.039 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARMY MEDICAL CENTER IN HONOLULU, 06:13.039 --> 06:14.407 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHERE HER LEADERSHIP TOLD HER 06:14.407 --> 06:16.542 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE HAD TO CUT HER HAIR AND TELL 06:16.542 --> 06:18.978 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE TO ADDRESS HER AS A MAN. 06:18.978 --> 06:20.179 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> AND TELL THEM, "NO, YOU KNOW, 06:20.179 --> 06:21.814 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I'M NOT A FEMALE, I'M A MALE." 06:21.814 --> 06:22.448 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT WAS HARD. 06:22.448 --> 06:23.716 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT. 06:23.716 --> 06:24.417 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: CAN YOU JUST TALK 06:24.417 --> 06:26.386 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT WHY IT WAS THAT YOU KEPT 06:26.386 --> 06:28.087 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SERVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT? 06:28.087 --> 06:31.224 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO REALLY 06:31.224 --> 06:32.859 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BE AND DO SOMETHING THAT WAS 06:32.859 --> 06:34.360 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GREATER THAN JUST MYSELF. 06:34.360 --> 06:35.928 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU JUST DEVELOP THIS SENSE OF 06:35.928 --> 06:38.264 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRIDE THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE 06:38.264 --> 06:40.032 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN UNDERSTAND. 06:40.032 --> 06:40.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: DESPITE THAT PRIDE 06:40.933 --> 06:42.735 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND ALL IT MEANT TO HER, AND HER 06:42.735 --> 06:44.003 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DESIRE TO SERVE AS LONG AS SHE 06:44.003 --> 06:45.705 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COULD, IRELAND EVENTUALLY 06:45.705 --> 06:47.807 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DECIDED SHE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO 06:47.807 --> 06:49.675 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEAVE THE ARMY. 06:49.675 --> 06:51.043 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SO, I FELT THAT MY LEADERSHIP 06:51.043 --> 06:52.945 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAS BASICALLY BUILDING A CASE 06:52.945 --> 06:54.013 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AGAINST ME. 06:54.013 --> 06:54.647 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AN ON-THE-JOB 06:54.647 --> 06:56.215 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INJURY MADE HER ELIGIBLE FOR AN 06:56.215 --> 06:58.284 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HONORABLE DISCHARGE, SO SHE TOOK 06:58.284 --> 06:59.786 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT RATHER THAN RISK A 06:59.786 --> 07:01.487 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE. 07:01.487 --> 07:02.288 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET A 07:02.288 --> 07:03.556 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JOB ON THE OUTSIDE. 07:03.556 --> 07:05.324 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND SO, I CHOSE TO STICK WITH 07:05.324 --> 07:06.859 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE HONORABLE DISCHARGE. 07:06.859 --> 07:07.860 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: LAILA LEFT HONOLULU 07:07.860 --> 07:09.395 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND MOVED TO OKLAHOMA TO BE WITH 07:09.395 --> 07:10.997 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HER HUSBAND, LOGAN, AND IS NOW 07:10.997 --> 07:13.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AN ADVOCATE FOR TRANS RIGHTS. 07:13.733 --> 07:14.867 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 07:14.867 --> 07:16.102 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 07:16.102 --> 07:18.104 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: IN JUNE 2016, SIX 07:18.104 --> 07:19.272 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MONTHS AFTER LAILA LEFT THE 07:19.272 --> 07:21.040 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARMY, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 07:21.040 --> 07:23.142 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CARTER MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SHE 07:23.142 --> 07:24.177 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THE OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS 07:24.177 --> 07:26.746 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAD BEEN WORKING SO HARD FOR. 07:26.746 --> 07:28.014 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> I'M ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT 07:28.014 --> 07:29.482 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE ENDING THE BAN ON 07:29.482 --> 07:30.883 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRANSGENDER AMERICANS IN THE 07:30.883 --> 07:32.685 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNITED STATES MILITARY. 07:32.685 --> 07:33.352 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YES! 07:33.352 --> 07:35.321 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YES! 07:34.220 --> 07:37.657 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YES! 07:37.657 --> 07:41.894 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT WAS A RELIEF AND TERRIFYING 07:41.894 --> 07:44.030 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AT THE SAME TIME. 07:44.030 --> 07:45.965 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE TERRIFYING PART WAS THAT NOW 07:45.965 --> 07:49.068 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOW DO WE GET THIS POLICY TO 07:49.068 --> 07:51.304 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE A SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION 07:51.304 --> 07:52.872 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AMONGST FOLKS WHO DON'T 07:52.872 --> 07:53.873 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT WE 07:53.873 --> 07:55.808 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHOULD BE IN SERVICE OR EVEN BE 07:55.808 --> 07:56.876 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN SOCIETY? 07:56.876 --> 07:57.577 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AND HOW WAS THAT 07:57.577 --> 07:59.645 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR YOU, AS A STORYTELLER AND A 07:59.645 --> 08:00.646 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FILMMAKER? 08:00.646 --> 08:01.914 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YOU KNOW, WE'D BEEN FILMING 08:01.914 --> 08:04.050 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH LOGAN, LAILA, EL AND JEN 08:04.050 --> 08:05.818 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THAT POINT. 08:05.818 --> 08:08.754 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND SO, TO SEE THIS POLICY 08:08.754 --> 08:10.957 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, AND JUST 08:10.957 --> 08:12.458 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, I DON'T 08:12.458 --> 08:13.392 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW, THERE WAS A CALMING 08:13.392 --> 08:14.494 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EFFECT. 08:14.494 --> 08:15.628 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FROM A FILMMAKING PERSPECTIVE, 08:15.628 --> 08:17.530 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE ALSO SAID, "WE HAVE AN 08:17.530 --> 08:18.498 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ENDING." 08:18.498 --> 08:19.732 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OR SO WE THOUGHT. 08:19.732 --> 08:20.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: AND THAT'S BECAUSE, 08:20.766 --> 08:22.468 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUST OVER A YEAR LATER, IN JULY 08:22.468 --> 08:25.271 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 2017, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED 08:25.271 --> 08:26.572 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS INTENTION TO REINSTATE THE 08:26.572 --> 08:28.608 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BAN IN A SERIES OF TWEETS. 08:28.608 --> 08:30.076 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, WHILE THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO 08:30.076 --> 08:32.044 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS, 08:32.044 --> 08:33.646 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRANS MILITARY MEMBERS LIKE 08:33.646 --> 08:35.515 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOGAN IRELAND ARE SERVING IN A 08:35.515 --> 08:37.383 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEGAL LIMBO. 08:37.383 --> 08:38.317 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WHAT IS THE FUTURE GOING TO 08:38.317 --> 08:39.552 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOLD FOR ME IN THE MILITARY? 08:39.552 --> 08:40.386 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. 08:40.386 --> 08:41.587 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS WHAT I'’’M FOCUSED ON. 08:41.587 --> 08:42.788 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: LAILA IRELAND SAYS 08:42.788 --> 08:44.257 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHE HOPES THE FILM SHE CHOSE TO 08:44.257 --> 08:45.825 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SPEAK OUT IN WILL HELP INFORM 08:45.825 --> 08:47.493 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE DEBATE AND HELP THE PUBLIC 08:47.493 --> 08:49.295 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT'S AT 08:49.295 --> 08:49.996 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STAKE. 08:49.996 --> 08:51.097 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE ARE PART OF THAT 1% OF THE 08:51.097 --> 08:53.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AMERICAN POPULATION THAT RAISES 08:53.766 --> 08:56.702 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUR RIGHT HAND AND SWEARS TO THE 08:56.702 --> 08:58.504 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OATH TO PROTECT THIS... TO 08:58.504 --> 08:59.438 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROTECT AND DEFEND THIS GREAT 08:59.438 --> 09:00.139 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COUNTRY. 09:00.139 --> 09:01.574 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHAT, YOU 09:01.574 --> 09:02.808 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW, OUR... OUR GENDER IDENTITY 09:02.808 --> 09:03.476 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS. 09:03.476 --> 09:04.977 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT REALLY SHOULD MATTER IF WE 09:04.977 --> 09:07.013 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE CAPABLE AND WILLING TO DO 09:06.045 --> 09:07.046 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE JOB.