Recent legislative actions deny insurance coverage for gender-affirming care under the military's TriCare plan, deeply impacting transgender youth in service member families.
Senator Tammy Baldwin expressed her disappointment with the NDAA, emphasizing, 'Our country's safety and support for our servicemembers and their families has always been - and should be - politics-free.'
The provision limiting gender-affirming care was reportedly added by anti-LGBTQ+ Speaker Mike Johnson, despite medical experts arguing that these treatments typically do not lead to sterilization.
LGBTQ+ advocates warn that the intention behind the anti-trans provision is a broader ban on necessary medical treatments for transgender youth, especially with the upcoming election.
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