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Comment on For Old Acquaintance by Transition Deconstructed | Brynn Tannehill

Transition Deconstructed | Brynn Tannehill — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:12:10 +0000

[…] A friend once told me that when you transition, everyone else transitions with you. When possible, I tried to give people time to adjust. Unfortunately, this past spring, I simply ran out of time and had to make things happen more quickly that I had intended. Despite the seeming suddenness of it all, there were a number of times Janis confessed that she wished I would just hurry up and get it all over with. Still,most of our friends and family have stuck with us through everything. […]

Comment on A Life of Service by Transgender Service Must be a Priority | Brynn Tannehill

Transgender Service Must be a Priority | Brynn Tannehill — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 02:03:11 +0000

[…] that they oppose any form of discrimination against transgender people. Transgender people already work in the field with the military. In other cases some serve openly within their commands. We aren’t as far […]

Comment on TransParent: Families, Gender, and Transition by Transition Deconstructed | Brynn Tannehill

Transition Deconstructed | Brynn Tannehill — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 22:20:32 +0000

[…] no matter how you looked at it. What we could do, as adults, as parents who love our kids, was work together to find a path that minimized harm. Both Janis and I do think about the things our children have lost: about not having a father to […]

Comment on Sticking the Landing by Transition Deconstructed | Brynn Tannehill

Transition Deconstructed | Brynn Tannehill — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 22:19:36 +0000

[…] In the end the right thing to do for both parties is to communicate effectively and work together to minimize harm to each other and the children. Often the best place to do this is in the presence of a therapist. However, there aren’t any manuals on how to get through this, and we usually felt like we were picking a direction and hoping for the best. […]

Comment on Deployed, Trans and OUT by Transgender Military Equality: The Time Is Now | Brynn Tannehill

Transgender Military Equality: The Time Is Now | Brynn Tannehill — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:28:51 +0000

[…] the transgender people I have profiled have spent the better part of the last decade in Iraq, Afghanistan, or are in the middle of their sixth deployment to CENTCOM on board a Navy ship. Eleven other […]

Comment on Deployed While Trans: The Rachel Bolyard Story by Transgender Military Equality: The Time Is Now | Brynn Tannehill

Transgender Military Equality: The Time Is Now | Brynn Tannehill — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:27:15 +0000

[…] the openly the transgender people I have profiled have spent the better part of the last decade in Iraq, Afghanistan, or are in the middle of their sixth deployment to CENTCOM on board a Navy ship. […]

Comment on Me, the ACA and Transgender Coverage by Love and Marriage: What About Transgender Military Partners? | Brynn Tannehill

Fri, 12 Jun 2015 21:41:21 +0000

[…] also reiterated what I was finding out on my own; there is no such thing as legal gender. There is only legal gender for a specific purpose. I am […]

Comment on Me, the ACA and Transgender Coverage by Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Tale of Two Islands | Brynn Tannehill

Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Tale of Two Islands | Brynn Tannehill — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 21:31:52 +0000

[…] prescriptions for HRT. Others don’t meet the somewhat byzantine requirements for eligibility. The Affordable Care Act doesn’t mandate coverage for transgender-related care, most corporate-provided policies don’t […]

Comment on Transgender Soldier Meets the President by Courage and Transphobia | americanhistorychick

Courage and Transphobia | americanhistorychick — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:39:13 +0000

[…] [iv] “I have served honorably for four years. I’ve always gotten along with my chain of command, never failed a PT test, and when I first enlisted, planned on dedicating 20 years of service to this great country. Being a soldier was all I ever wanted to do, since I was a kid. When Pentagon leaders released a statement on May 31 to commemorate LGBT Pride Month, they noted the service, accomplishments, and devotion to duty of transgender Department of Defense civilians. They clearly and purposefully left out transgender service members – service members like me.” http://outservemag.org/2013/06/trans-man-soldier-meets-the-president/ […]

Comment on A Life of Service by “We Learned Together”: An Afternoon With The Women Of New Orleans’ Trans Veterans Support Group | Just My Spot

Sun, 24 May 2015 14:08:12 +0000

[…] paper, and an incessant calling campaign orchestrated by a trans civilian mariner in the Navy named Nicole Shounder, and a coalition between TAVA, NCTE, and trans lawyers — and an administration change with the […]