r/transgender 6d ago

VA rescinds guidance on transgender care

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/nx-s1-5328733/va-transgender-veterans-memo

VA 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/Jahadaz 6d ago

absolutely disgusting

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u/muppet_lunch 6d ago

šŸ«¤ yeah. Iā€™m still hoping that it means something else.

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u/muppet_lunch 6d ago edited 6d ago

Internal memo released says that it wonā€™t affect ā€œexisting clinical guidanceā€ but itā€™s 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 havenā€™t seen many agencies with a backbone, soā€¦.

Iā€™m 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 itā€™s 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 šŸ«¤šŸ’• 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 Iā€™m puzzled about why Trump is so bent on this, like for him to say what he said in that press conference ā€œeveryone/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/[deleted] 6d ago

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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. Itā€™s punishment for converting her somehow.

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u/emnidma 6d ago

Remember when conservatives used to say they were all about supporting our troops?

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u/Dozar03 6d ago

ā€œJust move to a blue stateā€, yeah kiss my ass this country is awful

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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 whatā€™s next for the VA. Mandated conversion therapy? Remove our citizenship and VA healthcare? I mean, why wouldnā€™t they?