VA moves to offer gender confirmation surgery to vets (regular, cost, rating)

[AbsoluteVirtue]

Originally Posted by notnamed

Also, you contradict yourself.

"Medical treatment
Medical treatment of gender dysphoria might include:

Hormone therapy, such as feminizing hormone therapy or masculinizing hormone therapy

Surgery, such as feminizing surgery or masculinizing surgery to change the breasts or chest, external genitalia, internal genitalia, facial features, and body contouring"
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...t/drc-20475262

Note, none of the treatments include just straight denial of the dysphoria. Because that has not been proven effective.

That site also mentions therapy as a way to help with gender dysphoria, which will help those with that mental illness learn to accept themselves. Why dont you want to get the mentally ill real help?

[notnamed]

Originally Posted by AbsoluteVirtue

That site also mentions therapy as a way to help with gender dysphoria, which will help those with that mental illness learn to accept themselves. Why dont you want to get the mentally ill real help?

Yeah...if you read it, therapy to accept their gender dysphoria not deny it.

[AbsoluteVirtue]

Originally Posted by notnamed

Yeah...if you read it, therapy to accept their gender dysphoria not deny it.

Therapy to lessen their gender dysphoria. Why dont you want the mentally ill to get help to ease their suffering?

[notnamed]

Originally Posted by AbsoluteVirtue

Therapy to lessen their gender dysphoria. Why dont you want the mentally ill to get help to ease their suffering?

They do. In fact it is impossible to get gender confirmation surgery without having undergone extensive therapy first.

Why do you get to pick and choose which treatment is acceptable for our vets?

[AbsoluteVirtue]

Originally Posted by notnamed

They do. In fact it is impossible to get gender confirmation surgery without having undergone extensive therapy first.

Why do you get to pick and choose which treatment is acceptable for our vets?

I want the vets to get the mental help they need and not have to pretend to be something they are not.

[notnamed]

Originally Posted by AbsoluteVirtue

I want the vets to get the mental help they need and not have to pretend to be something they are not.

You want them to pretend that they do not have gender dysphoria, so no you do not.

"Brain activity and structure in transgender adolescents more closely resembles the typical activation patterns of their desired gender"
Transgender brains are more like their desired gender from an early age

So would you support brain surgery to physically restructure their brain to resemble that which matches what is between their legs given that technology ever comes about? Changing their personality/who they are?

Do you define your being by what is between your legs rather than in your head?

[AbsoluteVirtue]

Originally Posted by notnamed

So would you support brain surgery to physically restructure their brain to resemble that which matches what is between their legs given that technology ever comes about? Changing their personality/who they are?

Yes. It wouldnt be changing who they are. They would still be the same man or woman that they were born as.

[snebarekim]

The primary function of the VA is to provide treatment to vets for their service related conditions.

There is no way anybody can pitch a convincing argument that gender dysphoria is a service related condition, although I am sure many biased woketards will try to argue it can be.


This is just more lefty pandering nonsense.

[notnamed]

Originally Posted by snebarekim

The primary function of the VA is to provide treatment to vets for their service related conditions.

There is no way anybody can pitch a convincing argument that gender dysphoria is a service related condition, although I am sure many biased woketards will try to argue it can be.


This is just more lefty pandering nonsense.

https://www.va.gov/health-care/about...alth-benefits/
https://www.va.gov/health-care/eligibility/

[AbsoluteVirtue]

Originally Posted by snebarekim

This is just more lefty pandering nonsense.

Exactly.