While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.
Doug Collins
Posted inNPR
Federal hiring is nearly frozen. For those who can hire, a new roadblock has emerged
Some federal agencies, like the Department of Veterans Affairs, are largely exempt from President Trump’s hiring freeze. But they’re hitting a new roadblock in bringing new staff on.


