About 134,000 trans veterans live in the US, with many now blocked from life-saving gender-affirming care<\/p>\n
When Savannah Blake joined the air force at 22 years old, she was looking for stable employment and a way out of poverty. For the last few years of her service, she worked as a cyberdefense operator in the intelligence squadron. But the work, which involved overseeing computers operating drone surveillance, eventually took a toll on her mental health.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I had to watch any more of this, I was going to not be alive anymore,\u201d Blake said, who says she experienced suicidal ideations. \u201cI just felt like the bad guy. I felt evil.\u201d<\/p>\n
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