The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it will begin phasing out gender-affirming care for transgender veterans, referencing Donald Trump’s executive order that mandates the federal government to recognize only two genders.
The Department for Veterans Affairs announced that it will phase out all medical treatment for gender-affirming care for veterans, citing President Trump’s executive order that the federal government only recognizes two sexes.
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This is the latest action taken by the Trump administration to restrict trans veterans’ access to services, acknowledgment, and assistance. The VA will not provide gender-affirming care to veterans who are not currently receiving it. While the department has never included gender-affirming surgeries in its offerings, it did cover treatments such as hormone therapy. Additionally, while the VA used to supply support letters for gender-affirming surgeries performed by non-VA medical professionals, this service will also be terminated. Last week, the VA rescinded Directive 1341, which directed healthcare providers to treat trans vets with dignity: use pronouns veterans preferred, directed facilities to allow veterans to use bathrooms and be assigned rooms in accordance with their self-identified gender. According to estimates from the Veterans Health Administration, less than 0.1% of the 9.1 million veterans receiving care from the VA are transgender. 
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