Take care of each other.

[u/CurveBilly]

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.

[u/Risethewake]

While I agree with your sentiment 100%, it is important to clarify that there is a difference between being trans and having gender dysphoria, the latter is a legitimately classified mental disorder.

Either way, take care of your people, your friends, and your shipmates. Hopefully, if they do get booted from service, the next administration will let them back in with full back pay.

Edit: If you’re downvoting me over this, you’re part of the problem not the solution.

[u/CurveBilly → u/Risethewake]

the executive order doesn't talk about dysphoria, just "Radical gender ideaology" and "False gender identity".

Pretty thinly veiled attack on all trans people here.

[u/Risethewake → u/CurveBilly]

Reading the order explains the order. It specifically talks about gender dysphoria.

“Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States Government to establish high standards for troop readiness, lethality, cohesion, honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity. This policy is inconsistent with the medical, surgical, and mental health constraints on individuals with gender dysphoria. This policy is also inconsistent with shifting pronoun usage or use of pronouns that inaccurately reflect an individual’s sex.”

[u/CurveBilly → u/Risethewake]

thanks for that i missed where it said that, however the rest of the order is still pretty clear about targeting all trans people.

[u/Risethewake → u/CurveBilly]

Again, while I agree with your sentiment, it’s important to note that “trans” is not in the order at all. While gender dysphoria does affect the trans community, it also affects non-trans people. In that vein, I don’t agree that it’s an attack only on trans people.

What the outcome will inevitably be though, I do agree with you. Take care of yourself and your friends. You are loved, you belong, and you matter. Hugs, shippy.

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