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发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 变性老兵要求政府出钱付变性手术
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 11 11:49:56 2016, 美东)
Transgender veterans are petitioning the Department of Veterans Affairs to
cover gender transition-related surgeries.
“I served my country with pride, and I should be treated just like my
fellow veterans who have access to the treatment they need,” Dee Fulcher,
one of the petitioners, said in a written statement Tuesday.
The petition for a rule change was filed by Lambda Legal and the Transgender
Law Center on behalf of Fulcher and another transgender veteran, Gio Silva,
as well as the 2,200-plus member Transgender American Veterans Association.
The VA already covers transition-related care for transgender vets including
hormone replacement therapy and pre- and post-surgical care.
But it doesn’t cover any actual surgery, a ban the petition c |
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