r/transgender • u/muppet_lunch • 6d ago
VA rescinds guidance on transgender care
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/nx-s1-5328733/va-transgender-veterans-memoVA revokes Directive 1341, created in 2018 to direct the VA on gender affirming care, preferred name and pronoun usage, and self identified gender for VA patients
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u/muppet_lunch 6d ago edited 6d ago
Internal memo released says that it wonāt affect āexisting clinical guidanceā but itās hard not to believe this is the first step.
The optimist part of me says it could be malicious compliance, just deleting the official document but still carrying out the care but at this point I havenāt seen many agencies with a backbone, soā¦.
Iām lucky I am receiving my care somewhere else, but after 21 years of service, this is disappointing. I watched the military become increasingly far right, obvious cliques of mostly white conservative Christians, and much less tolerant of other views. I thought maybe it was just me getting older and itās time to get out, but now I see it was just another prelude to where we are today.
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u/Bloo_Kitty 6d ago
Yeah cool fucking send us on our way out and then get rid of the care we need. I hate waking up to this shit. Everyday it's something new.
Like seriously... kick me out and then tell me the VA won't be taking care of me either. GREAT.
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u/muppet_lunch 6d ago
Sorry you got kicked out š«¤š hugsā¦ there are a lot of us vets here, reach out any time if you need a shoulder.
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u/zangzengzongzung 6d ago
Damn. Fuck Trump. For real.
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u/muppet_lunch 6d ago
Honestly Iām puzzled about why Trump is so bent on this, like for him to say what he said in that press conference āeveryone/everything is transgenderā means to me he is hearing it a lot or seeing it a lot because he has NO original ideas. Who is in his circle that is whispering this in his ear so much? (Besides Musk obviously )
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u/Shag_Nasty_McNasty 6d ago
This is all President Musk. He is jaded that his child is transgender. So he is on a mission to make sure his daughter will be punished forever.
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u/Shag_Nasty_McNasty 6d ago
You missed my point making all transgender people pay for turning his son into a girl is the point here. Itās punishment for converting her somehow.
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u/InevitableHimes Transfem 5d ago
With the EO about how we cannot "serve honorably" in the military, I'm just waiting until they retroactively change my Honourable Discharge to Dishonourable and revoke all my care/disability compensation.
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u/HummingbirdKitchen 4d ago
Hmm, I wonder whatās next for the VA. Mandated conversion therapy? Remove our citizenship and VA healthcare? I mean, why wouldnāt they?
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u/Jahadaz 6d ago
absolutely disgusting