North Carolina's Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Transgender Youth Faces Legal Challenge
A new Lambda Legal lawsuit alleges HB 808’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors violates Constitution and Affordable Care Act rights.
October 11, 2023
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Fed. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Trans Inmate
A federal appeals court today upheld a judge's 2012 ruling that transgender inmates should have access to transition-related care while they are incarcerated.
January 17, 2014
Denial of gender-affirming care to inmate is unconstitutional, says Department of Justice
The DOJ is supporting a Georgia transgender woman who is suing the state's Department of Corrections over denial of care.
January 12, 2024
CNN Commentator: Chelsea Manning Will Get 'Good Practice' Being Female in Prison
Commenters cracked jokes and made misogynistic comments about Chelsea Manning during a recent edition of CNN Newsroom.
August 27, 2013
Chelsea Manning Isn't Getting Transition Treatment
Manning's doctors have deemed her transition-related care medically necessary, but a new statement from the Wikileaks source says Defense Department promises are just lip service.
August 23, 2014
California Bans Insurance Discrimination Against Trans Patients
With a clarifying directive, California becomes the third state (plus Washington, D.C.) to expressly prohibit discrimination against transgender people in health insurance coverage.
April 10, 2013
Fox News Host: Chick-fil-A Is 'Official Chicken of Jesus'
In addition to opposing medically necessary treatment for transgender kids, Todd Starnes also clarified that Chick-fil-A is 'the official chicken of Jesus.'
July 12, 2015
D.C. Mayor Makes Major Move Expanding Trans Health Care
Transgender Washington, D.C., residents will now be able to purchase insurance policies that include coverage for transition-related care on the D.C. health exchange or through Medicaid benefits.
February 27, 2014
Another State Ends Discrimination in Trans Health Care
Washington becomes the seventh state to forbid insurance companies from denying health care to transgender citizens.
June 26, 2014
Parents of Trans Kids Seek to Block Georgia Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
They want an emergency order to prevent it from going into effect.
July 4, 2023
VA Proposes Lifting Ban on Gender-Confirmation Surgery
Activists have long lobbied for such surgery to be included in the health care provided by the Veterans Administration.
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June 2, 2016
Judge Orders State to Resume Hormone Therapy for Trans Prisoner
A transgender woman receives a favorable ruling in her Eighth Amendment lawsuit.
May 5, 2014
The VA Still Refuses to Cover Necessary Trans Health Care
It will likely take a lawsuit to end the Veterans Affairs policy of denying coverage for gender-confirmation surgery — a procedure currently covered by Medicare.
May 19, 2016
Denied Hormone Treatment, Ohio Trans Prisoner Files Lawsuit
A transgender woman serving a three-year sentence is suing the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction after being denied medically necessary hormone treatments.
May 1, 2014
Chelsea Manning May Finally Get Transition-Related Care
This is the second time military officials have said Manning could begin treatment deemed 'medically necessary,' and follows Manning filing a lawsuit for healthcare access.
February 13, 2015
WATCH: WikiLeaks Source Comes Out as Transgender
The former Army private sentenced to 35 years for sharing classified government documents with the website WikiLeaks revealed today that she's transgender.
August 22, 2013
Mass. Trans Residents Celebrate Monumental Ruling
Transgender residents of Massachusetts have reason to celebrate after receiving some positive news on the health care front.
June 23, 2014
Fed. Judge: Calif. Must Provide Trans Inmate with Access to Surgery
A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.
April 6, 2015
Federal judge blocks Trump’s gender-affirming care ban—again
The judge stopped the administration from stripping funding from medical providers that provide medical care to transgender minors.
March 3, 2025
Texas Updates Trans Prisoner Policies
Transgender prisoners who started hormone therapy before going to prison can now go through a process to start hormone therapy.
February 8, 2016