The VA listened when this transgender veteran demanded better care. Then Trump returned

A decade ago, Giovonni Santiago asked the Department of Veterans Affairs for something groundbreaking: a place where transgender veterans, like him, could see doctors who understood them. The government listened. Now, Santiago says, it is dismantling the system he helped build. “It’s frustrating, but not surprising,” Santiago tells The Advocate . “We did all of this hard work to get here, and…