VA considers gender-confirming surgery for veterans

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seal hangs on the facade at the headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 10, 2013. The department's funding has jumped more than 40 percent to about $140 billion this year, compared with fiscal 2009, a boost to help the agency cope with a surge of new veterans returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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By Joe Davidson

As debate swirls around who can use what restroom, the Department of Veterans Affairs is placing itself on the side of what makes sense.

It is moving to change regulations so VA hospitals can provide gender confirming, or gender reassignment, surgery.Ā  This procedure alters a transgender personā€™s sexual characteristics in order to match the individualā€™s sexual identity.

ā€œThis rulemaking proposes to remove a restrictionā€¦ that prohibits VA from providing medical services that are hire vetsconsidered gender alteration,ā€ according to a documentĀ posted last week on a government regulations website.

The Williams Institute, a University of California at Los Angeles think tank on sexual orientation and identity, estimates there are about 134,000 transgender veterans or retirees from the National Guard or the Reserves. There is no estimate on the number that might seek the surgery at the VA.

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