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US Air Force denies early retirement for key group of transgender servicemembers
The Air Force will separate transgender members with 15-18 years of service without early retirement benefits, affecting about a dozen service members, officials said.
- The U.S. Air Force will deny early retirement to transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service and separate them without retirement benefits.
- Those denied early retirement will have to choose between a lump-sum separation payment or involuntary separation from service.
- A master sergeant with 15 years of service, Logan Ireland, said "I feel betrayed and devastated by the news" upon being informed his retirement was denied.
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Air Force to Strip Retirement Benefits from Transgender Troops
Transgender Air Force members with 15–18 years of service are being denied early retirement — and the benefits they’ve spent years earning. The post Air Force to Strip Retirement Benefits from Transgender Troops appeared first on Metro Weekly.
Transgender veterans are denied retirement benefits after years of service to their country
The latest example of pure meanness is Trump’s Orwellian policy denying retirement benefits to forcibly retired transgender Air Force personnel. (Plain Dealer, 8/8/25) One may apply for an “exception,” but none have been approved. People volunteer to serve their country at whatever cost and now are tossed out like yesterday’s garbage. Imagine the pain and insult that they must feel, rejected by their government even after years of service. As a …
Transgender Service Members Respond: U.S. Air Force Denies Retirement Benefits to Trans Troops
On August 8, GLAAD, the world’s leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization, amplified the voices of several transgender service members in response to news that the U.S. Air Force issued a memo denying early retirement to all transgender service members with between 15 and 18 years of military service. These trans service members are being given [...] The post Transgender Service Members Respond: U.S. Air Force Denies Retirement Benefits to Trans…
Air Force Will Deny Early Retirement To Trans-Identifying Service Members
The U.S. Air Force will deny early retirement options to trans-identifying service members who have served between 15 and 18 years, stating they will be separated without retirement benefits instead.The decision, as reported by the Associated Press, applies only to trans-identifying service members with 15 to 18 years of service who have been instructed to separate from the military under the reinstated ban on transgender troops. Those who had s…
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