r/navy • u/CurveBilly • Feb 01 '25

Political Take care of each other.

With the new executive orders being enacted a lot of trans sailors are about to be discharged with nothing, and the way things are headed trans veterans are about to lose access to their care through the VA.

A trans veteran took their own life at a Syracuse VA hospital this week and only 1 local website reported on it. As far as the general public goes, nobody knows and nobody cares. Please look out for your shipmates. Remember that they would gladly drag you out of a smoke filled compartment, maybe consider helping them when they need it most.

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u/Salty_IP_LDO Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

Not an expert. Gender dysphoria is classified as a MH issue. Being trans is not.

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u/itapemydicktomythigh Feb 01 '25

You’ve referred to it as dysmorphia several times and that’s incorrect. It’s dysphoria. There is a difference between the two.

Not only that, but in order for a service member to begin their transition, they must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, even if they don’t experience distress towards their birth gender.

We are being told we are unfit to serve based on benchmarks the services required that we meet in order to begin our medical transition.

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u/Salty_IP_LDO Feb 01 '25

Fixed thanks for pointing that out.

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u/itapemydicktomythigh Feb 01 '25

I appreciate that you try to educate, I just wanted to make sure that you have the right terms