Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:23:59 +0200Czech army says 'no' to a woman who used to be a manhttps://english.radio.cz/czech-army-says-no-a-woman-who-used-be-a-man-8092699© 2026 Radio Prague International Twenty years ago Jiri Brokes completed his compulsory military service in the Czechoslovak army. Now Jaroslava Brokesova is trying in vain to join the armed forces. What's the connection? Well, Jaroslava and Jiri are one and the same person. Last year Jiri Brokes, father of two teenage children, underwent a sex change. He recently received documents confirming that he is now officially a woman. But that's not enough for the Czech army, who say that they do not want him and are not even allowed to take on transsexuals. David Vaughan reports. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vycvik.jpg?timestamp=1591426320 Czech army says 'no' to a woman who used to be a man https://english.radio.cz/czech-army-says-no-a-woman-who-used-be-a-man-8092699 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9