Article 6WBG1 Trans soldiers served their country. Now the US is rolling back their healthcare

Trans soldiers served their country. Now the US is rolling back their healthcare

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Dorothy Hastings
from US news | The Guardian on (#6WBG1)

About 134,000 trans veterans live in the US, with many now blocked from life-saving gender-affirming care

When Savannah Blake joined the air force at 22 years old, she was looking for stable employment and a way out of poverty. For the last few years of her service, she worked as a cyberdefense operator in the intelligence squadron. But the work, which involved overseeing computers operating drone surveillance, eventually took a toll on her mental health.

If I had to watch any more of this, I was going to not be alive anymore," Blake said, who says she experienced suicidal ideations. I just felt like the bad guy. I felt evil."

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