RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 10:56 am
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2017 at 11:01 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 27, 2017 at 1:18 am)Jesster Wrote: I wouldn't ever expect the military to cover surgeries like that, but why not things like therapy? The base I was on had a great system for all sorts of mental and physical therapy that was provided to the troops. It wouldn't be an extra burden at all. And as I noted before, hormone treatment is also very inexpensive. Nothing but surgery would be a game changer here.
I would. Full VA coverage is full VA coverage. Projections for the full range of trans procedures have already been run, the potential cost was found to be negligible. That includes surgery, so why would it be a game changer? The VA already offers elective surgeries and recreational prescriptions. As a federal body, there is no legal or legitimate way for them to fail to provide services to rightful vets on the basis of animus or even the personal beliefs or opinions of any given provider. Getting access to things you couldn't otherwise afford..be it food and shelter, an education, travel, or medical expenses...is the number one driving force behind recruitment.
In any case, there's this wonderful thing in the service called a soldiers right to fail, lol. It's unrecognized and unofficial, but impossible to prevent. Here's to hoping that they mysteriously fail to root out all those icky trans, just like they used to with all the icky gays....at least until we find an adult to sit at the big desk again.
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