
#tbt to 1952, when the NY Daily News published this article about Christine Jorgensen, a former GI and a trans woman.
Though they use her dead name and pronouns in the first sentence, they switch to her new name and correct pronouns immediately afterward (and continue referring to her thusly for the rest of the article).
In 1952.
Trans people, and trans soldiers, have always been here. Trump’s announcement today is bigotry, pure and simple, and it must be resisted.