2024-01-31 TAVA Sues VA

Isn't It Queer

Jonny and Heather discuss the Trangender American Veterans Association's law suit brought against the Department of Veteran Affairs to get them to respond to a petition to have the VA include surgical gender confirmation therapies in VA insurance coverage of transgender veterans. Heather serves on the board of TAVA and uses her own experience as a transgender veteran to explain the suit and what led up to it. In the back half of the show, Jonny and Heather discuss their disappointment in Maine abandoning its bid to be a transgender sanctuary state and in breaking news about new anti-trans policy in Florida. They leave on an upbeat note, showing the connection between Trump's $83.3 legal fine in the Carroll defamation case and a lawyer significantly responsible for Marriage Equality.