The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer offer gender dysphoria treatment to new patients, officials said on March 17.
VA doctors are halting cross-sex hormone therapy for veterans with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or symptoms of the condition, with an exception for veterans who were already receiving hormones from the VA or from the U.S. Department of Defense.
The VA will also stop providing services that it describes as designed to help veterans change their sex, including voice and communication training, chest binders, and wigs.
The VA has never offered sex change surgeries and will continue not to offer them, according to the department….