Trump administration sued for banning gender transition treatments in federal health plans
The lawsuit says the policy denies care for transition while covering the same treatments for other conditions, affecting at least 39,400 people.
- On Monday, five federal workers filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Office of Personnel Management's ban on gender-affirming care coverage.
- The Office of Personnel Management implemented this policy at the start of this year, prohibiting coverage for the "chemical and surgical modification of an individual's sex traits" and expanding restrictions to all federal employees and dependents.
- State Department employee Gregory Goe faces more than $100,000 in costs for hormone therapy, while the Williams Institute estimates at least 39,400 transgender federal employees, retirees, and dependents could be affected by the exclusion.
- HRCF President Kelley Robinson argued the ban violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination "because of" sex, contending federal health insurance is a term of employment.
- The plaintiffs seek an injunction to reverse the policy and restore coverage, though the Supreme Court upheld restrictions on transgender procedures for minors last year, creating uncertain precedent for this broader challenge.
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Trump administration sued by trans federal workers
Five trans federal employees have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging a policy that excludes gender-affirming care from health insurance plans covering federal workers, retirees, Postal Service employees and their families. Filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday (3 August), the lawsuit argues that […] The post Trans federal workers sue Trump administration over ban on…
Trump’s Attacks on Transgender Youth Are Having a Ripple Effect in Canada
President Donald Trump’s Executive Order banning gender-affirming care for those under the age of nineteen has no bearing in other countries—but U.S. citizens living in Canada say they’re still facing obstacles.
Travel & Lifestyle: Federal Workers Sue Trump For Ending Gender-Affirming Care Coverage
A group of government workers sued the Trump administration Monday over its policy ending gender-affirming care for adults through federal employee health care programs. The Human Rights Campaign, a nonprofit that advocates for the LGBTQ+ community, argues in the lawsuit that the White House violated anti-discrimination law when it implemented the change at the start of this year. The group says the new policy has raised health care costs for th…
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