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The Veterans Choice Improvement Act
For all you vets Trump signed in an improved private doctor allowance for Veterans provided they meet certain conditions. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-signs-bill-allowing-...
Tuesday at OKC I had a nice visit with Dr. Laura Arrowsmith. The lady is refreshing to talk to about her experiences and her passion. She is an advocate for transgender and speaks at Veterans Forums, Colleges, and many other venues. After she gave me a "short list" of her appearances all across the U.S. I was wishing I had taken a recorder. At the end I got a hug from a person who is very passionate about what she is doing. I was on Cloud Nine. She is making a difference. What an amazing and beautiful lady in every respect.
http://www.transequality.org/about/people/dr-laura-arrowsmith
http://okcfox.com/news/local/transgender-doctor-breaking-bar...
Before I said I don't have a Bucket List. I've seen everything, done everything, I cared to do. I revised my Bucket List. Before I die I want to hug one other lady. Someday, god willing, I get to hug Lynn Conway.
Wednesday Amarillo VA and I visited with the Patient Advocate, Clavio Garansuay. The Amarillo VA is one of the better VA in America and yet, the Administration is dragging "his" feet still staunchly opposed to anything transgender. I have a great rapôr with Clavio and we are pushing for trans acceptance. As everyone knows who has been in this gender-blender social stigma, it's a hard effort to change people's minds from what they have perceived all their life.
I hate it when we have to poke these "authoritative figures" in the eye with rules and regulations they should be following. The Veterans Health Administration has informed its hospitals and clinics that transgender veterans are eligible for hormones, care before and after gender change surgery, and mental health counseling as part of their regular benefits.
In a directive issued Thursday, the VA reiterated that its facilities are not permitted to perform genital or breast surgeries on veterans in the process of changing genders.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/10/va-says-tran...
Almost seven hundred miles the past two days. God, I'm no longer a truck driver. I think my butt has road rash.
Have fun with life, it's too short to take seriously
always,
Barb
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I have a contact you may want.
BarbieLee,
I work with one of the 2 people in the VA that are in charge of the Transgender Care Program and originally wrote the Boston Directive, which was used to make the VA National Directive for Transgender Care.
I am a co-facilitator for Vet2Vet Transgender Peer Support Group. We are not connected with the VA but we are veterans and have several contacts within the VA System.
I am slowly working on getting our website up with information and more contact options.
You can PM me here or email me at [email protected]
If you have other questions we also have a VANTS line I can give you a number to that we use on Thursdays during meetings.
Rebeca Lynn
Thank you for the updated info
Thank you for the updated info.
Some people are too set in there ways.
Some of our older members of society are so set in there ways they might as well sprout leaves they are so rooted in there ways.
And they influence those younger and also control most of how things go since they have the power.
I am not transgender but I also can not see how people can argue with legitimate science in real life and medicine. I see it every day with climate change deniers and those who think being Homosexual or transgender are just sick in the head or delusional, who I work with. And also those that think a Bunch of people who lived in the desert thousands of years ago got all our moral issues solved and it can not change beyond what those people who most likely are now dust wrote. Its like things can't change.
No matter how hard I try I can not understand there logic.
I Apologize for the comment if I offended anyone, Just going through another bout of depression my self, and unloaded my personal feelings on those in charge of things.
I am happy to here things are getting better by a little at least.
"Cortana is watching you!"