The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department’s firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends 8 times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care.
While discussing military spending with the Defense Department (DoD) attorney for the ongoing Talbott v Trump case, Judge Ana Reyes said the DoD spends approximately $5.2 million annually on medical care for service members with gender dysphoria.
Comparatively, the DoD spends $42 million a year on medication for service members with erectile dysfunction.
The US District Judge asked: “It’s not even a rounding error, right?”
ED meds are gender affirming care, aren’t they? If they are gonna cut it out of military spending, cut all of it out.
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If that were the case, then bottom-surgery wouldn’t be gender affirming care either.
Or maybe I’m just misunderstanding the entire concept. To date, I’ve never seen a single concrete statement on the topic that doesn’t upset someone (discounting bloody right-wingers for whom the entire concept is upsetting, bless their hearts) because it somehow invalidates someone else.
However, we seem to be in agreement that these people are raging assholes, and that’s the important takeaway.
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I love seeing comments like yours where people change some of their thinking as a result of online discussion.
I was starting to feel like no one listens to understand and only listen to respond, and comments like this help lift me out of that perspective.
Agreed. It’s gender affirming for people with very rigid (heh) views on gender roles.
Is bottom surgery not gender affirming care?
It is. Or at least it can be for some folx.
I don’t really understand what the “not” is doing in your question.
Well, from that logic, it just sounds like you think cis people shouldn’t be able to have the parts they want, but trans people should. How is a trans man getting a working penis different from a cis man getting a working penis, in terms of gender care?
Really confused where you’re getting that from, since I said the exact opposite.
They’re obviously both gender affirming care, even though many cis people I’m sure would balk at that labeling.
EDIT oh is it the part about “cut it all out” in the original comment? I’m taking that as highlighting the double standard, not a serious request to just cut everyone’s care out.
No, it just seems like you saying “it’s gender affirming care for people with very rigid views on gender roles” doesn’t apply to everyone actually seeking a functional penis, but I think I slightly misinterpreted the comment.
Isn’t bottom surgery gender affirming care?
Is not bottom surgery gender affirming care?
Is bottom surgery not gender affirming care?
Same idea, grammatically
If the administration did that, they would have to deal with a coup d’état the next day. 🤣