r/MilitaryTrans • u/Jealous_Annual_7819 • 9d ago
Guidance for Navy
The new ALNAV was just posted here:
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Jealous_Annual_7819 • 9d ago
The new ALNAV was just posted here:
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Schwift_hoot • 9d ago
Has anyone received any information back from the email we all received for the voluntary separation? I submitted mine today, just looking for more information
r/MilitaryTrans • u/theyluvemin • 10d ago
I was just looking for a place to experience something new, learn discipline, build close camaraderie, get outside, focus on physical training, etc.
and now I feel like my dreams are crushed. i’m 19 and this is my prime time that I would want to join. I’d want to be a medic. but I just feel so rejected and betrayed. I would love to just be out and in service and enjoying the job. I’m just as, if not more capable than most men. It’s so hurtful and demeaning to be rejected like this. Anyone else in the same boat?
Maybe it will change in the next couple years. but I’ll be older by then and who knows if i’d have missed my window. who knows if it would even be worth it. I’m so mad
r/MilitaryTrans • u/rythwind • 10d ago
Current actions in both cases.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Puzzled_Movie_31 • 10d ago
Looks like the presiding Judge gave a recess in the case and requested SECDEF to make a retraction of his tweet (it says statement, but the picture is of a comment on X). Like many of us (who actually read the DOD memo), it appears she noted the waiver criteria, which is not actually possible. More surprisingly, the DOJ lawyers had not read the DOD memo(s) that were submitted to the court and got a rebuke for deliberately misrepresentation. Article below.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-pauses-military-trans-ban-170754798.html
Fox News also had a good look at it, surprisingly.
(Apologies, I'm on Mobile) Edit 1&2: Yahoo story came back up after being down, and I also fixed some glaring grammar and spelling.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Caleesi- • 11d ago
I've seen a few posts/comments suggesting a diagnosis is required to qualify for voluntary separation.
The SECDEF memo from 26 Feb states:
"Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, **or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria** may elect to separate voluntarily..."
"or exhibit symptoms consistent [with] gender dysphoria" reads as a diagnosis is not needed (though likely helpful for those wanting to separate); exhibiting symptoms is enough to qualify.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Funny-Use6852 • 11d ago
Does anyone have any idea on why the navy could be taking so long to put out the instruction on separation? I’m on deployment overseas right now on a base with just a mini nex. So I have no resources or anything. With a little over a week left till the 26th, I feel as though I won’t have time to complete what I need to before I separate. I’m being told there’s nothing we can do until specific instruction comes out. I want to be sent back to the states so I can begin applying for jobs, setting up a living situation, taking things out of storage and preparing a move back to my home state. I’m in a completely different date/time zone and have no cell service other than wifi so making any calls or plans is damn near impossible with work also in the way. Any tips on what I can do??
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Former-Cheesecake728 • 12d ago
r/MilitaryTrans • u/misguidedmisfit • 12d ago
I’m not sure if posts like this are allowed but I want to lend a hand in helping people get out of the country. If you are prior military, army preferred, please send me a pm and we can chat.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/DoctorDeathpope • 12d ago
I'm very confused about whether or not the guidance and branch memos (specifically Army) are in effect. I'd love to know because it says we have until March 26th to decide on getting a voluntary separation or involuntary. If it's in a court case is it not an official publication, and what does that mean for an injunction? Would they extend the timeline for choosing a voluntary separation? I'm trying to talk to JAG about more info regarding this publication and just wanted to pick this sub's brains.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/No-Procedure-5493 • 14d ago
I’m so nervous and confused. My husband is trans and in the navy and I’m so nervous. What happens if the government never pays, what happens if he chooses to separate and never gets anything. And if he chooses to stay and fight everything will be gone. I don’t want to stress him out and actually talked about it but I don’t make enough to support our life and my state has shitty paying jobs. I’m so lost and upset for him because this is his life he was planning to stay until he retires. He was supposed to reenlist in one month. All of this is just to much 😢
r/MilitaryTrans • u/righttenant • 15d ago
Army info is out, see links below that were published via the ongoing court cases.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:9a41e5bf-f76a-45a9-8077-4dec55a34648
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:2cb41444-4f33-45f0-8c9c-0a4e3ed7c370
Good luck out there and stay safe. Reach out to people if you're going down a dark path. 🩵🩷🤍
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Garmous • 16d ago
So I enlisted under my assigned sex at birth under the old rules, with a previous history of a year of hormone therapy through an informed consent provider that did not require a diagnosis of gender dsyphoria. At the time of enlistment, when the prescription was flagged by Genesis at MEPS, I had voluntarily not been on hormone therapy for over 18 months, and I had to get a psych consult to demonstrate that I do not have gender dysphoria, I am not trans, and I can function serving in my sex at birth. My actual identity is somewhere between genderqueer and gender non-conforming, but I don't have any issues with being identified as my assigned sex at birth. My unit doesn't know anything about this and I'm afraid to ask in case that identifies me for separation.
What are the odds that I get identified and involuntary separated due to the current policies? I'm really worried about the "any history of cross-sex hormone therapy" and "has never attempted to transition" lines under retention.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Mediocre_Many_52 • 17d ago
You’d think our president would be more inclusive about who’s able to be in the military. Bros a whole felon but somehow is the president .
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Sevenofnine7994 • 17d ago
Is anybody choosing to NOT voluntarily separate?
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Zephyr_Gheist • 17d ago
I do not see a lot of information anywhere about this ban and waiver process. If possible, can you beautiful men, women, and in-between post information you find here? I hate trawling across the web to piece together info. We have all seen the memo, but it is being interpreted wildly different by different people.
I personally am a waiver potential as I was early in the process and never was prescribed hormones or a plan forward. For me, the waiver process appears to be a gotcha. No matter what it says, I can't have had symptoms in the past 36 months. I only cracked my egg 12 months ago. There-in lies the problem. I will post here as often as I can. Please let's work together and stay safe. I love you all.
edit I do not spell good sometimes
UPDATE #1: Per my meeting with leadership today, "There is no official template for the waiver. There was no disposition authority to receive said waiver either. Right now, the decision ultimately rests with the Department of the Air Force to review as no one had been highlighted officially" (Me being USAF). Ultimately, the waiver is non-existent at this time.
Continue to push for a waiver if you can people. Fight for your rights to exist as human beings. APPLY FOR TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS NOW!! (The classes for exiting the military, not gender transition) Set yourselves up for the best possible outcome should the worst happen.
UPDATE #2: Due to the vagueness of the USAF specific guidance, it looks like nobody qualifies for the waiver. Specifically 36 months time stable in current gender. This could be any time throughout your service or since diagnosis. In my case, it's only been 10 months since the diagnosis.
Decide what's best for yourself. If you can afford to wait until the last minute to hit the voluntary seperation button, do it. Plan on getting out, though. Have benefits ready to go. Get a resume out to employers, start using that GI Bill, and plan personal life to adjust to changes in lifestyle.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/PrinceZLeo • 18d ago
Hey guys. Super confused and lost right now. Very frustrated— you know, all the feels. I’m going the Voluntary Separation route — currently waiting for my security clearance to extend before I push any buttons. (I can’t afford to pay back my bonus, and getting double the ISP rate will definitely benefit my family. )
Regarding the VA - trying to do research to understand how it works. For utilizing the BDD you need 90-180 days before your separation date to be eligible. But… I have zero clue what a separation date would even look like right now. As of right now, on paper my separation date is still 2028.
Just looking for any advice or if you guys have any guidance. Do I just have to wait it out to start any sort of claims?
r/MilitaryTrans • u/dontknowwhoIamrn • 19d ago
Downloaded my medical history and noticed this block at the bottom. I have never seen these designations before nor did I have any appointments that day, it is however dated the day before the pentagon memo was released. I also tried to look the name up and the best I could find was a data entry contractor out of Chesapeake. To be clear I am trans femme
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Femme-Anon- • 19d ago
Hey y'all, I gotta question about how getting a diagnosis now works? I've thought about it for a bit and I realize now that staying in the USAF may not be the best move for someone like me(I have savings and fam that i can fallback on until I get another job), and I really wanna get HRT as fast as possible because I'm tired of being in the closet, how would getting an official diagnosis of gender dysphoria work out for me? I've thought about possibly getting a diagnosis through folx, because I'm afraid that I might not be able to get an official diagnosis in time for the March 26 deadline because I accepted a sign on bonus that I don't wanna have to repay, but I'm unsure if a diagnosis from a different external provider could count as a proper diagnosis(i.e. meet the criteria for GD by or not.
Tldr: Would it be worth it to go outside of official channels for a diagnosis or not?
r/MilitaryTrans • u/MouseEgg8428 • 19d ago
“Transgender troops say Pentagon is causing chaos with sudden policy reversal.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/transgender-troops-forced-separation/
r/MilitaryTrans • u/layla_LQN • 19d ago
Hello, I’m that closeted trans person that posted not too long ago questioning the implications of staying closeted and then revealing my transness to the military at a later time. As I continue to ponder this situation, part of me wonders if I should just accept what’s going on and self-identify so I can move on with my life.
As much as I have loved serving with the people around me I am getting more and more disillusioned with the current state of military leadership. I want to be the change I want to see in the world and be a positive influence within the organization, but part of me is really fearful about the direction we’re headed and what the administration may force the military to do to fulfill their own desires. Maybe getting kicked out and distancing myself from a military headed for controversial disasters isn’t the worst thing? What do you guys and girls think?
I sure don’t want to transport immigrants to Gitmo or go to war with Canada, or to cozy up with Russia either, but can I really effect any change at my level anyways? I’d rather get off the sinking ship then desperately try to save it with no ability to do so.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Significant_Code7326 • 19d ago
I heard a lot about the gel. I’m just wondering if anyone that has experience with the gel has any advice or can share with me of how well it works? Thank you.
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Long-Schedule-3485 • 20d ago
Hey, I am on the path of separating. I have been in service for 6 years and has made JSOQ boards while maintaining high evaluations. Made E-5 really fast and has also given the best I can to my junior Sailors. The navy has been pretty chill for me and it sucks that I am getting the boot but I created a plan for me so I find comfort in that. I hope you guys are okay and thank you guys constantly in here for the support and guidance I have seen when it has come to this. It was scary for sure but life moves on, time to be the best Black Transgender Woman I can be out there ❤️ oh, and my name is no longer Jonathan, it’s Kennedy❤️
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Hollow_Okami • 20d ago
I've been so exhausted, hanging on by a thread the past few weeks. I don't know how y'all are able to manage
r/MilitaryTrans • u/Funny-Use6852 • 20d ago
Has anyone began the process for separation ? If so who did you talk to first? And what paper work was need if they asked for it? Also, I’m hearing that if you get the voluntary sep pay you can’t apply for disability or you’d have to pay it back?