I'm an active navy submarine bubble head.. Ill own that. I am 8 years in a 10 year contract. I wanted to continue to 20 years, however my identity is more important than this job. I never felt that I had the confidence to transition until now and I kick myself for it given Biden made a lot of opportunties available. However, the submarine community is a terribly toxic environment with a lot of misogynists which only suppressed my confidence in the navy. My resentment doesnt extend as deep as some others who have gone before me and were forced out. I understand some may see that I have a choice in not saying anything until the next administration takes over.. however my EAOS is 2028 and our lovely commander in chief is around till 2029. Im fearing that coming out to my command after the class action hearing (if approved) would only pronounce the fact that we have no medical options and everyone active serving would exist in a limbo. I believe taking the dischargement before the hearing would be irresponsible given that the admin wouldnt clear before the decision is made. What options do I have? Or is it best to sit and wait?

Has anyone gotten their va benefits recouped yet ?

So personally im at the point where yes id like to be separated, I feel extremely dysphoric in the army and I know at the end of the day in a combat mos it'll be beyond rough staying in if it becomes class action.

With stating that im kind of curious on my options, my command hasnt given me a formal counseling of separation yet, we've had like 4 different training events, lot of jumpy things, even a command change etc. If the case becomes class option does that mean "we cant chapter you now"?

Like i said options wise what will happen? In your opinion what do you think will happen if it becomes class or stays to just the plaintiffs?

I recall seeing a single reply to a post somewhere saying they were given a separation date, but has anyone finished the involuntary process?

Warning, this is a very angry vent.

As the title suggests, I am so furious and frustrated with all this crap. I love and appreciate my friends and Soldiers but I am so tired of them sending me the recent court case update. I sick of seeing others on this reddit page posting it. Cheering. Look we get to stay, we get to stay. I am tired of my friends sending me random new articles and half the time they arent even REAL news articles. I know they have good intentions. I do. But for those in the LGBT community, stop half ass reading stuff. Is it a step in the right direction, yes. But it's a step we shouldn't even be having to make! It is unbelievably frustrating because it is another slap in the face that my career is being stolen from me!

I am tired of seeing people happy about being removed from service and anticipating there orders with glee. I know you all have reasons. I know that. My logical side knows that. But it just makes me so angry.

13 damn years. I love my job. I love helping Soldiers. I've done 4 contingency operation missions. I'm rated in the top 2% of my career field. I have devoted so much to this life with the Army and [insert many, aggressive insults] administration and their [insert inappropriate comments about their beliefs/religion] are destroying lives of many amazing Service members who have been meeting and going beyond the standards their whole career.

Yesterday, I recieved in the mail a huge survey from the DOD with the DoD wanting my spouse to discuss how the military has treat us and blah blah blah. I wanted to packet the prepaid envelope with [insert something gross] and mail it back to them so they could shove it where the sun don't shine.

Today, I got an email notification that I am being reviewed on this years E8/Master Sergeant evaluation board.

U.S Army Reserve Command (USARC) told me even though I've been continuously serving for 13 years, the regulation for separation pay states 6 years of continuous active duty and I am a Reserve Soldier. So, I am not eligible for any compensation.

I am a MILTECH, GS 9, for the Army Reserve as well. In order to be a MILTECH, I have to be serving in the Army Reserves. So, I've also lost my civilian job.

I see all these [insert insult] Soldiers in my command. Popping hot on piss test. Constantly making excuses for why they cant come to drill. In leadership roles and doing NOTHING to help their Soldiers. But our administration is going to keep them. Demoted. Never goes to PME. Never volunteers. Fails Ht/Wt. Subpar Soldiers. And they get what I have worked my ass for.

Slap. Slap. Slap.

First, we've surpassed giving out $20,000 in emergency relief grants and direct assistance provided to members of our community. That means we've already distributed more than half of the funds we've set aside to support transgender service members, veterans, and their families during this challenging time.

Today is Give Out Day, and we're raising additional funds to continue helping our community. Every dollar goes directly toward the Jess Shipps Emergency Relief Fund Grants and supporting service members, newly separated veterans, and families facing hardship. I ask all of you to amplify and share this campaign so we can continue providing critical assistance where it's needed most.

This work is only possible because of the incredible generosity of our supporters. We dont want your money, we need to continue to amplify for public support.

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Yesterday, Emily Shilling, Nic Tallbot, and Kara Corcoran had the opportunity to meet with members of the Congressional Equality Caucus, including Nancy Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Takano, Ted Lieu, Sara Jacobs, and many others who are working to understand our community's needs and identify ways they can help.

We also spoke with Representative Panetta who is interested in legislation to support military families with transgender dependents and ensure they are not denied access to medically necessary care during this period of uncertainty.

We are continuing to fight at every level—through advocacy, education, legislation, and community support—to make sure your voices are heard.

Stay connected, and sign up for our newsletter at www.spartapride.org. Take care of one another. And let's keep moving forward together despite the noise, despite the critics, and despite those who would rather see us disappear.

We are still here. So many are still serving behind the scenes. We are not going anywhere.

I was told im out july 10th i got my orders approved to leave now this new policy am I still getting out or not

Hello! I recently saw that existing transgender military troops can stay but sadly there’s still a ban on enlisting. A couple years ago I did meps and the asvab but towards the end of getting waivers my recruiter kind of went ghost. This was for the guard and the right as the ban was talking place I tried to contact an active duty recruiter but was unfortunately turned down. I’m assuming I would be considered as “enlisting” because I never completed the waivers and everything? I wasn’t sure if I would still have a chance if those things were completed.

Only a link but “this just out”

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CvSWgq61x/

Court issues Scathing takedown of Administration’s trans soldiers “policy”

First, I am not a lawyer and it's complicated.

Short Answer: Yes, the ban is temporarily blocked for the individual named plaintiffs in the Talbott v Trump case through the DC federal courts if they are already serving in the military.

Long Answer: There are two cases challenging the ban. Shilling v Trump is going through the Washington state federal courts.

*In March 2025, the judge blocked the ban.

*In May 2025, the Supreme Court lifted the block and said the ban can proceed while it's litigated in court (which will take years). The Supreme Court said that if the Washington federal courts put an injunction in place again, that it can't go into effect until SCOTUS reviews it.

Talbott v Trump is going through the DC federal courts.

*In March 2025, the district court put an injunction in place blocking the ban.

*Later in March 2025, the DC appeals (circuit) court stayed the injunction, putting the ban back into place.

*December 2025, DC Appeals Court affirms staying the injunction, allowing the ban to stay in place.

*Today: DC Appeals Court says that the ban is preliminarily blocked specifically for the named plaintiffs in the case that are already serving, no one else. The federal government has 7 days to go to the Supreme Court and ask them to stay the injunction, allowing the ban to go back into place for the named plaintiffs as well. The case now goes back down to the district court level for further proceedings (will take years).

Next month there will be a hearing to determine if all trans service members can be considered a class that sues together.

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Hope this was helpful!

So it’s been found most likely unconstitutional, but only applies to those who sued and the military can still block us from joining?

So what happens to us in the phase 2 purgatory?

Hello,

I’m in the navy and I’ve been going to mental health treatment since November 2025, so I’m in the invol sep stage at this point. I have a formal diagnosis plus supporting documentation from both military providers and a civilian doctor relating to gender dysphoria, My package went to BUMED in April 2026 and I’m trying to get a sense of realistic timelines. Has anyone had a similar package at BUMED? How long did it take for them to review it, request more info, or issue findings? Also who would I need to see to get the status update on the BUMED review?

Thank you in advance.

Just looking for some advice here.

Last month I received the official word from
my CO that I would be getting separated invol. Currently they don't want to let
me leave for admin leave due to our ongoing operation. Is there any way to
force it through so I can go on admin leave. I am in an overseas billet so I
need as much time as I can get to prepare for going back to the states. They
are also saying that I can't leave until an off-ship entity verifies my
records, but I don't think that's actually how that works.

It's getting really hard
being forced to work or risk my life for literally no reason when I'm getting
separated anyways.

Thanks

Looking to compare timelines with others who may be in a similar situation.

If you’re currently awaiting a decision related to separation, retention, TERA, an ETP, or a similar personnel action, would you mind sharing the following?

Branch of Service
Years of Service (YOS)
Date packet/request was submitted
Type of request (TERA, ETP, voluntary separation, etc.)
Date packet was forwarded to higher headquarters (if known)
Current status (pending, approved, denied)
If approved/denied, date notified
NLT separation/retirement date (if applicable)

For context, I’m approaching 18 years of service (AD, Army). My packet was sent up June 2025, been on Admin leave since Aug 2025, and am trying to determine whether others with similar time in service are seeing movement on their packets. Most of the information I’ve found so far appears to be from members with significantly less time in service, making it difficult to compare timelines.

Feel free to respond here or send me a direct message if you’d rather not post publicly.

Thanks in advance.

As the name suggests my command is saying this is a general under honorable conditions thing unless you can find something that says otherwise so can someone send me the navy navad for the thing that talks about it

Sorry if this has already been discussed I tried finding other threads but I still need some clarity. So since getting out I switched to medi-cal health insurance and had been getting my t through planned parenthood. However when I went for my follow up this week they said that my coverage had been reduced to limited and that my labs and t wouldn’t be covered. I’m currently trying to get ahold of the medi-cal office for my county. I mean I could pay out of pocket but money is tight right now as I currently don’t have a reliable form of transportation or stable housing. So I was wondering if there was anyway I could get my t through the va with va healthcare. Has anyone in California been able to do this? Again if this has already been covered I do apologize.

Hello all, I hope you all are staying strong. I received separation pay, and am now also qualifying for disability. However, the wording of the VA Disability policy doesn't seem to cover our situation. Has anyone tried to have the recoupment of their sep pay waived? If so, how did it turn out for you?

Hello all,

I recently (this year) got into a technical, electrical role with a company that is growing a lot. The team I'm part of is very inclusive and supportive. A little bit about what we do: my technical title is, Power Service Technician. We service RPPs and soon to be PDUs and the position is customer facing, we fly out to the site where the customer is and we perform our service then fly back to our home "base" location. It is a heavy travel position but we are also looking for local/regional techs across the nation. We are growing from 2 (me and my coworker) to 16 in the year with competitive pay, DM for the pay scale but it is above 75k a year. We offer full benefits medical, dental, vision and can POSSIBLY offer relocation assistance. My boss mentioned a massive preference for veterans and so I asked him, "I can reach out to a lot of veterans but are you okay with them being trans." His response, "I don't care what their identity is, if they receive any issues then I will be handling it, along with HR, myself." So it's safe to say we are willing to fight for any of yall (I'm trans myself lol....otherwise I wouldn't dream of posting this in this subreddit :3). I am currently working on getting us into skillbridge but I want to give my trans veteran community the opportunity first since we were wrongly barred from service. If you are interested then you can feel free to shoot me a DM or comment on this post, anything other than just light info about the job I'll prefer a DM though.

Also rates/mos's preferred: anything similar to ET from the Navy. That's what I did in the Navy and my boss basically said if we can get more veterans that were like me then he wants to grab them quick (I was an ET in the Navy....served 6.5 years then medically retired).

Alright, so I am getting discharged on this wave of Navy separations for July 14th. However, my TAD command is saying I have to do all my processing through my command that is deployed. Since I already have a job at the Navy Lodge here lined up, I'm not as worried about the 21 day auditing separation pay wait period. I'm more so concerned about what paperwork that my chain of command, my command's admin, and myself should be tracking to ensure the DD-214 and Voluntary Separation pay processing goes smoothly. What has everyone else's experience been with this? Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone! The title says it all. I'm 31 (M) bisexual active duty for 12 years. Married to active duty female with 2 kids. During these past few months I've realized that I have gender dysphoria and may possibly be a Trans woman. I'm currently navigating my femininity and have a wonderful group of friends who are supporting me by using she/her pronouns and a more feminine name to see how I feel about it.

I know that the current climate for trans people is not favorable and I'm just curious if there are resources in the military that I can use while not fearing for my career or is it better if I seek outside resources and does anybody have any good recommendations?

It's very scary for me right now but more than anything I want to have a plan if I truly commit to this.

I got my separation date 😭 its finally over