Comments | kaileo: wee hour pre-interview nervousness

kaileo

wee hour pre-interview nervousness

Nov 27, 2005 01:31

I'm up way past a reasonable bedtime, cramming for my phone interview with Senator Sheila Kuehl at noon by reading up on some of her bills that queers would want to hear more about (SB 840, SB 300, and SB 973 for those who follow legislative issues). And not surprisingly, I am quite nervous. I am not the smoothest interviewer my radio collective ( Read more... )

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z111 November 27 2005, 17:16:11 UTC

Congrats! I'm sure you will do great!

BTW, I met a tg but bio-male veteran acquaintance the other day who is wanting hormones, etc, and wanted to know if the VA would help him. Any info you might have would be appreciated. Thanks!

kaileo November 27 2005, 18:02:42 UTC

Here's the VA route, in a nutshell; it shouldn't have changed much in the last few years:

1. Have a VA card (i.e., be eligible for VA services)
2. VA therapy, resulting in a Gender Identity Disorder (GID) diagnosis
3. Psych refers back to your (VA) primary medical person
4. Referral to endocrinology for hormones

The VA does not cover "cosmetic" surgeries.

I also recommend contacting TAVA (tavausa.org), who are involved in these issues; I'm not a member or affiliated in any way but they have been knowledgeable in the past.

z111 November 27 2005, 20:01:55 UTC

Thank you. Barb knew they wouldn't cover surgery, but figured she'd be at least able to get some hormones. Thanks!