{"id":152448,"date":"2024-01-27T10:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=152448"},"modified":"2024-01-27T10:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:54:51","slug":"transgender-veterans-suing-the-department-of-veterans-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=152448","title":{"rendered":"Transgender veterans suing the Department of Veterans Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Veterans-Administration-Hospital-in-tropical-setting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Veterans-Administration-Hospital-in-tropical-setting-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Veterans-Administration-Hospital-in-tropical-setting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Veterans-Administration-Hospital-in-tropical-setting-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Veterans-Administration-Hospital-in-tropical-setting-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Veterans-Administration-Hospital-in-tropical-setting-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Veterans-Administration-Hospital-in-tropical-setting.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) initiated a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs. The lawsuit involves the delay in providing gender affirming surgery. This delay in providing this type of service keeps transgender veterans in \u201climbo.\u201d Bekky Eshler, the organization\u2019s president, implied that transgendered veterans not feeling \u201cat home\u201d with their natural gender may be tempted to end their lives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From military.com:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a lawsuit being filed Thursday, the Transgender American Veterans Association, or TAVA, accused the VA of leaving transgender veterans in a state of limbo with vague promises to eventually offer the often lifesaving surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What am I supposed to tell my transgender veterans that are trying to commit suicide because they can&#8217;t see themselves in their body?&#8221; Bekky Eshler, president of TAVA, told Military.com in a phone interview. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been trying to be friendly with the VA. We&#8217;ve worked with them really well. But at the end of the day, you got to keep your promises.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, VA Secretary Denis McDonough announced the department would cover gender-affirmation surgeries for transgender veterans, part of a flurry of moves in the early days of the Biden administration to signal support for LGBTQ+ Americans. President Joe Biden also lifted the ban on transgender Americans serving openly in the military exactly three years ago Thursday, an anniversary the lawsuit intentionally coincides with.<\/p>\n<p>McDonough&#8217;s announcement kicked off a formal rulemaking process, a way to change federal regulations that can sometimes take years. The department typically updates medical coverage through the rulemaking process.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of McDonough&#8217;s announcement, the VA said it expected the rulemaking process for transgender surgeries to take about two years. But two years later, the department said it had no timeline for offering the procedures. In June, McDonough said the policy was awaiting his approval without explaining why he was delaying his decision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additional information in this article can be obtained on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/01\/25\/transgender-veterans-sue-va-over-delay-covering-surgeries-biden-administration-promised-2-years-ago.html\">military.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) initiated a lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs. 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