Talk:Transgender American Veterans Association

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Background info[edit]

Transgender vets want military access for own Fox News
Study: Transgender vets face discrimination Aug. 25, 2008 By Rick Maze Air Force Times
Study: Trans veterans face pervasive bias by David Stout, Qnotes (LGBT Carolina)
Obama's LGBT test: End transgender military ban President Obama hosts two active duty trans servicemembers at the White House as pressure grows to let them serve openly. By Sarah Wheaton 6/24/15
The Pentagon's Transgender Problem New studies suggest that transgender civilians are twice as likely to enlist, and that suicidal behavior is 20 times more prevalent in transgender vets. —By Adam Klasfeld and Brett Brownell | Thu Aug. 15, 2013
Improving the lives of transgender older adults: recommendations for policy and practice by Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) and National Center for Transgender Equality
Transgender people in the US military: Summary and analysis of the 2008 Transgender American Veterans Association survey. Palm Center, University of California, 2008.
Transgender ban remains in place in U.S. military, 03 Feb 2011 Dallas Voice

Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 03:34, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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41% of transgender seniors are veterans.^[1] Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 03:41, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Fredriksen-Goldsen, et al. (2011). The aging and health report: Disparities and resilience among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults: p. 3.

[1] Fredriksen-Goldsen, et al. (2011). The aging and health report: Disparities and resilience among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults: p. 3.

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