Veterans Affairs clinicians sign letter against Trump's ban on trans vets' care: ‘There is resistance’
“We will not forsake the oath we took to provide care,” the letter states.
April 11, 2025
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VA psychologist resigns over worry about Trump’s ‘unethical’ orders restricting care for trans vets
“It seems like directives don’t matter, [and now] I feel like I gave people false reassurance,” psychologist Dr. Mary Brinkmeyer told The Advocate.
March 3, 2025
Employees at VA hospital say they could be fired for wearing rainbow colors to work
“Anything rainbow like lanyards can get us fired on the spot,” one employee said.
October 27, 2025
HHS Rules Trans Woman Entitled to Surgery Under Medicare
The decision comes just as the Department of Health and Human Services is deciding whether to implement the Affordable Care Act’s endorsement of trans-affirming healthcare for private insurers.
January 31, 2016
Federal HR office sets deadline for government-wide purge of transgender and nonbinary inclusion
The Office of Personnel Management has become the enforcement arm of Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.
July 18, 2025
Trump administration announces end to gender-affirming care for transgender veterans
The announcement comes days after the VA denied it was rolling back policies for trans people’s dignity.
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March 17, 2025
VA Plan to Cover Gender-Confirmation Surgery Scrapped
A proposal to cover such surgeries for trans vets has been withdrawn because the VA didn't have a plan to pay for it.
November 14, 2016
Trump's VA rescinds policy treating transgender vets with dignity (exclusive)
The Trump administration quietly reversed the policy, which means trans veterans won't be protected from discrimination at VA facilities.
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March 14, 2025
Veterans Affairs doctors banned from writing surgery referrals to private providers for trans vets
“Stripping that basic medical function away is not about cost or bureaucracy, it’s about punishment,” executive director of Minority Veterans of America Lindsay Church told The Advocate.
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September 30, 2025
Shooter of Virginia Journalists Alleged Antigay Harassment
Bryce Williams, the now-deceased killer of two young journalists, said he was disparaged by coworkers because was a gay black man.
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August 26, 2015
Gay vets’ benefits at risk?
As many as a million gay and lesbian veterans depend on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for health care--including many who can't get HIV/AIDS care anywhere else. It's reason enough for GLBT activists to keep an eye on the Bush administration's coming cutbacks
February 1, 2005
VA Proposes Lifting Ban on Gender-Confirmation Surgery
Activists have long lobbied for such surgery to be included in the health care provided by the Veterans Administration.
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June 2, 2016
Congressional Equality Caucus rips House Republicans’ bill abandoning transgender veterans’ health care
Republicans are stripping those who served their country of medical care.
June 27, 2025
Florida Transgender Veteran Kicked Out of VA Medical Center Bathroom
She says she was made to suffer the indignity of being kicked out of the bathroom on federal property.
June 16, 2023
BREAKING: Trump administration to limit abortion for veterans after restricting gender-affirming care
The proposed policy would eliminate access to abortion through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
August 4, 2025
Trans veterans were promised access to gender-affirming surgeries — but it never happened
The Transgender American Veterans Association filed a lawsuit on Thursday over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ failure to act after years of inaction.
January 25, 2024
Find The Best LGBT-Friendly Hospitals In Your State
A record-breaking 464 hospitals nationwide were named LGBT healthcare leaders in the Human Rights Campaign's 2013 Healthcare Equality Index.
July 11, 2013
Inside the Veterans Affairs Department’s underground resistance to Trump’s care ban for transgender vets
“We’re building the underground as fast as we can,” one Veterans Affairs medical center doctor told The Advocate.
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June 17, 2025
Transgender Woman Shot to Death in Virginia
The death of Noony Norwood is the 24th reported murder of a trans person in 2016.
November 8, 2016