Veterans Affairs Ends Distribution Of Taxpayer-Funded Chemical Castration Drugs
VA will no longer offer fake breasts, dilators, other sex-change ‘prosthetics’ to end gender ideology
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday that it would "phase out" offering "gender-affirming prosthetics" and cross-sex hormones, citing President Donald Trump's executive order directing the federal government to eradicate gender ideology.
The executive action, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," recognized two sexes that are "not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality."
'They can do so on their own dime.'
The VA's Monday announcement explained that the department is "adjusting its policies to fully comply with the EO," which includes no longer providing veterans with "cross-sex hormone therapy" or "any other medical or surgical therapy for gender dysphoria to any patients in any circumstance."
The VA stated that it never provided "sex-change surgeries." However, in addition to cross-sex hormones, it has offered voice training and "so-called gender-affirming prosthetics, including breast forms, chest binders, dilator sets for post-vaginoplasty, packers, surgical compression vests, and wigs."
Veterans already receiving cross-sex hormones will not be impacted by the change.
The VA noted that those with gender dysphoria can continue to receive preventive and mental health care.
"Any and all savings VA achieves by stopping specific medical treatments for gender dysphoria will be redirected to help severely injured VA beneficiaries — such as paralyzed Veterans and amputees — regain their independence," the press release read.
VA Secretary Doug Collins stated, "I mean no disrespect to anyone, but VA should not be focused on helping Veterans attempt to change their sex. The vast majority of Veterans and Americans agree, and that is why this is the right decision."
"All eligible Veterans — including trans-identified Veterans — will always be welcome at VA and will always receive the benefits and services they've earned under the law. But if Veterans want to attempt to change their sex, they can do so on their own dime," he added.
Over the weekend, Collins was questioned about the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to trim waste and bureaucracy within the VA.
"At the end of the day, I'm gonna make decisions best for my employees and best for the veterans, and they're giving us some good advice, looking with fresh eyes," Collins stated.
"We're going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that the veteran experience gets better," Collins said, noting that it is the "biggest issue" the VA faces.
Since Trump took office, the VA has already opened four new clinics.
"As government union bosses, the legacy media, and some in Congress have been spreading false rumors of health care and benefits cuts at VA, we've opened multiple brand-new clinics that will serve tens of thousands of veterans," Collins remarked.
"Don't believe the fake news," he added.
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Keith Self shuts down woke delusions with one word: 'Mr.'
More people recognize Patrick Henry’s declaration — “Give me liberty or give me death!” — than recall the details of Revolutionary War battles. Words often drive action. They inspire courage, shape conviction, and influence history.
But words can also be empty. The right has spent a generation embracing rhetoric for its own sake, using talking points to signal virtue at the water cooler or from anonymous X accounts. Instead of taking action, many defer responsibility, expecting Moms for Liberty and Riley Gaines to handle everything. That complacency won’t solve anything.
When the emperor wears no clothes, you never bow to him. You either laugh at him or you overthrow him.
Well, Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) demonstrated clarity last week when he ignored the delusions of a man in lipstick during a subcommittee meeting and addressed him as “Mr.,” as God intended.
That moment carried psychological weight for the nation, especially for men. Despite the constant connectivity of modern technology, people feel more isolated than ever. Many retreat into a world that demands no conflict, rejection, initiative, or risk, distancing themselves from their moral and civic responsibilities.
We have built a demonic treadmill for ourselves. On social media, people unleash outrage alongside thousands who share their views. But in real life, they hesitate. At work or in public, they watch as the Flat Earth Society takes victory laps. Words alone won’t reclaim the high ground — action will.
As this chaos unfolds, we lose our grip on reality. Because when the world keeps getting crazier and all you see are people bowing down to the weakest and most ridiculous gender-bending tyrants of all time, you start to question whether maybe your original programming is just a fairy tale and you should just get it over with and join the circus.
Or maybe not. Keith Self said enough of that. The “MASH” theme song was wrong — suicide isn’t painless. The decline of Western civilization is real, and ignoring it won’t make it go away. It’s time to expose the lies behind transgender activism and refuse to back down.
Hey, crazy person! You don’t have the support you claim. And I don’t think the media can bail you out much longer. Your pronouns and emotional manipulation don’t demand our time. Parents will no longer tolerate your control over their children’s sports teams or bathrooms. Science does not justify mutilating healthy bodies to accommodate feelings.
But maybe I’m mistaken. Maybe the trans mob still has the goods. Maybe they’re somehow sitting on pocket aces. They might have the nuts and I might be called a mean word or maybe even lose my job. But this time, I'm going to make them show me or see me in court instead of giving up before the fight even starts.
Since Mr. Tim McBride from the state of Delaware is utter ridiculousness, we will simply treat him as such and not entertain one more minute of his foolishness. We will dismiss it. We will mock it. But we will never honor it in any way, shape, or form.
Want to know why Christ spent his time at the temple debating his fellow Jews instead of going to the temple of Saturn to debate the pagans? Total foolishness! No point to that! And why was He silent when he went before King Herod? More foolishness.
Just gavel out like Keith Self. We were done when we started. We’re moving on to the sane people now. Because when the emperor wears no clothes, you never bow to him.
You either laugh at him or you overthrow him.
Anyone Who Calls A Man A Woman Immediately Erases His Own Credibility
Make tomboys great again
If my wife were growing up today, she would be told she’s a boy.
My wife wasn’t a girly-girl when she was a kid. Just the opposite. She was a tomboy.
When she made friends, they were rarely other girls. When she played sports, it was only with boys. And when it came time to receive her First Communion in second grade? She cried when her mom showed her the beautiful white dress, and she insisted on wearing her soccer uniform with cleats to boot.
My wife’s tomboy phase lasted throughout grade school. Years later, after a rewarding college soccer career, she married me, we started a family together, and now at the age of 37, she looks back on her childhood with fondness and laughter. She’s far from alone. A lot of other girls went through the same phase, including some friends we’ve made as adults. They have no regrets about having been tomboys, even as they have no desire to go back.
But what if my wife were an adolescent or young teenager today? She would be susceptible to society questioning if she should be a girl at all — whether through targeted social media content or from adult stakeholders trained to be on high alert for this type of “gender dysmorphia.”
If she lived in a state like California or New York, requiring that parents give their children access to gender affirming care, she could be ushered onto the medical transition treadmill starting with puberty blockers and ending with a mastectomy. All of this, before puberty even begins.
While powerful institutions are pushing sex changes, in reality, up to 90% of kids who go down that dark road would have stuck with their biological sex as an adult.
It makes me wonder: What the hell happened?
Just a couple of decades ago, Americans knew that being a tomboy was perfectly fine. It was even cute. Some of my generation’s favorite movies made tomboys famous — think Julie “the Cat” Gaffney from “The Mighty Ducks,” or Becky “Icebox” O’Shea from “Little Giants.” These movies didn’t end with these girls having their breasts removed. In fact, in both movies, each girl kisses her boy crush at the end of the film. How cliché!
But “tomboy” is now a retired term and has been replaced by a new “T” in the woke alphabet soup. The medical nonprofit Do No Harm has documented that some 14,000 children have gotten sex-change treatments in just the past few years, many if not most of them young girls. If anything, the real number is probably much higher. Do No Harm only looked at insurance billing, but many families pay for their child’s sex change out of pocket. It’s possible that tens of thousands of young girls have tried to become boys, with thousands more waiting in the wings.
The times have changed but reality hasn’t. Sooner or later, the kids who undergo this horrifying transformation ultimately realize it.
Here are facts you never hear from the mainstream media or the medical profession. While these powerful institutions are pushing sex changes, in reality, up to 90% of kids who go down that dark road would have stuck with their biological sex as an adult. We’re talking about tomboys. But unlike the tomboys of old, many of today’s kids don’t have the chance to grow out of that phase. Their choice — their future — is taken from them by experiments that forever change their bodies.
These kids are in a world of hurt. Those who think they’re a different gender already struggle with mental illness at staggering rates, and they usually still struggle after they start sex changes. Often, the struggle intensifies. We’re also seeing a rapidly growing number of detransitioners — children and young adults who try to go back. But how do you undo years of hormones that literally changed your body chemistry? How do you experience the normal puberty that was deliberately blocked? How do you replace the breasts that have been cut off?
What’s happening to our children is surely the greatest injustice of our time. But there are finally signs that justice is coming. On his first day in office, Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders rolling back transgender ideology in federal agencies. In his inaugural address, he promised to stop those who want to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.” And on Tuesday, the president signed an order barring federal funding for “chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children.”
In short, the federal government will no longer try to corrupt society and ruin children’s lives with assistance from the media and other far-left institutions.
I hope these moves are just the start. Donald Trump’s ultimate goal should be to ensure that no kid is ever again subjected to a childhood sex change. All kids deserve the chance to go through life’s natural phases and become the best version of themselves. Just ask the former tomboy who’s now my wife.
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