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Title: Landmark Guidelines for Transgender Vets' Care
Post by: Hazumu on November 12, 2007, 05:55:32 PM
Post by: Hazumu on November 12, 2007, 05:55:32 PM
Filed by: Steve Ralls
November 9, 2007 9:36 AM
The Bilerico Project (http://www.bilerico.com/2007/11/landmark_guidelines_for_transgender_vets.php)
"The memo mandates that veterans will be addressed and referred to by VA staff according to their self-identified gender both in verbal exchanges and in patient records. Patients will also be given rooming assignments and access to facilities such as restrooms based on their self-identified gender. The memo explains that while federal law prevents the VA from providing patients with sex reassignment surgery, the VA will provide hormone therapy and mental health services to transgender patients according to the accepted standards of care."
Karen
November 9, 2007 9:36 AM
The Bilerico Project (http://www.bilerico.com/2007/11/landmark_guidelines_for_transgender_vets.php)
"The memo mandates that veterans will be addressed and referred to by VA staff according to their self-identified gender both in verbal exchanges and in patient records. Patients will also be given rooming assignments and access to facilities such as restrooms based on their self-identified gender. The memo explains that while federal law prevents the VA from providing patients with sex reassignment surgery, the VA will provide hormone therapy and mental health services to transgender patients according to the accepted standards of care."
Karen
Title: Re: Landmark Guidelines for Transgender Vets' Care
Post by: cindianna_jones on November 12, 2007, 07:00:57 PM
Post by: cindianna_jones on November 12, 2007, 07:00:57 PM
Every little step like this makes a huge move in the way our society will ultimately accept us.
Thanks for posting this Karen. It just made my day a whole bunch brighter.
Cindi
Thanks for posting this Karen. It just made my day a whole bunch brighter.
Cindi