Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transgender American Veterans Military Retreat - a Conference for Building Community and Self Advocacy Atlanta, September 25 – 27, 2020. Transgender American Veterans Association announces its second conference of Advocacy, Empowerment and…
A full 25 years after our allied countries lifted their bans on gay and transgender service, the US Administration is still determined to enforce discrimination. While three courts have filed injunctions against the administration banning Transgender Service, and one court…
On Friday January 4th the DC Circuit Court of Appeals vacated one of four injunctions preventing the Administration from implementing its ban on transgender military service. Three other injunctions continue to prevent implementing a ban on transgender service. The court…
Washington, D.C. Yesterday, Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) joined eight other U.S. veterans organizations on a powerful brief submitted to the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in opposition to the proposed ban on military service…
TRANSGENDER AMERICAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION (TAVA) July 26, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Re: POTUS Tweet regarding Transgender Service The proud patriotic veterans and service members of Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) are deeply disappointed by President Trump's heartless tweet this morning prohibiting transgender military service. Understandably, the nation is in shock and disbelief that…
Evan Young, Major US Army retired, President of Transgender American Veterans Association, (TAVA), attended a phone conference with senior officials from NCTE, OutServe-SLDN, SPARTA, AVER, AMPA, The PALM Center, WPATH, and a senior defense official immediately after the announcement of…
On the final day of Pride Month 2016, The United States Department of Defense announced the long anticipated news that patriotic Transgender Americans will now be able to openly choose to volunteer to serve their country. Transgender Americans are twice…
The proud patriotic veterans and service members of Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) share the nation's horror and outrage that our sacred national freedom was violated by an individual who killed and injured over 100 LGBT Americans in Orlando this…
The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) today announced the election of Gene Silvestri as Vice President of the Board of Directors. The Board makes policy decisions, authorizes rulemaking and oversees the TAVA's operations. Gene is a U.S. Army disabled transgender…
Arriving at the Secretary of the Navy's Conference room, I had already had a feeling that this was something special. It was a meeting of the minds to discuss something near and dear to my heart: diversity and inclusion. Arriving…