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
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
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A proposal to cover such surgeries for trans vets has been withdrawn because the VA didn't have a plan to pay for it.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Antigay Record of Robert Bork
The failed Supreme Court nominee, who died today, stirred opposition with his positions against expanding civil rights.
December 19, 2012
Suspect Found Dead as Family, Friends Mourn Death of San Francisco Trans Woman
Police have revealed little about how Taja DeJesus, an active member of her local trans community, came to be in the stairwell where she was murdered.
February 9, 2015
Adult trans bathroom ban heard in Montana — first anti-trans hearing of 2025
Montana looks to have become the very first state to hear an anti-trans bill in 2025 — a bathroom ban targeting adult transgender people in any publicly owned building.
January 11, 2025
New Orleans Police: Trans Woman Penny Proud Was Killed in a Robbery
As police have been investigating Penny Proud's murder, a national conversation about violence and journalistic standards concerning trans victims has been renewed.
February 16, 2015
