2020 Transgender Military Retreat
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…
Joint Press release re: SCOTUS lifts injunctions banning Transgender military service
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…
Joint TAVA/AVER statement re. Transgender Service ruling
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…
Transgender Service Amicus Brief
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…
POTUS Tweet regarding Transgender 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…
Detailed Guidance from the Pentagon
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,…
Pentagon Announces Open Transgender Service
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…
The Orlando Atrocity
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…
Transgender American Veterans Assn. Elects Vice President of the Board of Directors
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…
A Commitment to Diversity from the Secretary of the Navy
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…