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Aaron Rodgers and Joe Rogan spout harmful, transphobic nonsense on recent podcast episode

On Rogan's podcast, they claimed doctors are talking kids into transition just to make money.

Appeals Court Orders Military to Call Chelsea Manning a Woman

The government must now respect Chelsea Manning's gender identity in word -- and her lawyers hope it won't be long until the military follows suit in actions by providing transition-related health care.

Federal Agency Reviewing Trans-Exclusive Insurance Policies

The Office of Personnel Management is reviewing the insurance policies currently offered to agency employees, evaluating whether or not to include transition-related care on future plans.

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Alaska Allows Medicaid to Cover Gender-Affirming Health Care

Following a lawsuit, the red state begrudgingly changes its policy.

Pa. Man Sues to Overturn State Medicaid's Trans Exclusions

The lawsuit is among the first to challenge state laws on the basis of civil rights provisions written into the Affordable Care Act. 

Op-ed: When Womanhood Comes at a Deadly Price

The death of one transgender woman is a jarring example of how health care is still out of reach for many.

Why This Open Enrollment Is Critical for Transgender People

President Obama's right-hand woman, Valerie Jarrett, and the National Center for Transgender Equality's Mara Keisling on the huge deadline fast approaching.

Trans Residents Turn to GoFundMe to Flee Florida

Many queer people, especially those in the trans community, feel threatened and unsafe.

Colorado Children’s Hospital Stops Gender-Affirming Procedures for Adult Patients

The spokesperson said that patients seeking surgical care are being referred to other facilities that still offer such procedures.

ACLU Takes Aim at Minn. Medicaid Ban on Trans Surgeries

Transgender surgeries are life-saving for people suffering from gender dysphoria. That's why the ACLU of Minnesota is fighting to lift the state's ban on the use of Medicaid funds for them. 

Fifth State Requires Insurers to Cover Gender Transition

The state's insurance department issued a directive informing health insurance companies operating within the state that they are now required to cover benefits.

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.

Obamacare Prohibits Providers From Denying Health Care to Trans People

The Obama administration is banning health providers from denying access to transgender people because of their gender identity.

Denying gender-affirming care coverage violates federal law, says appeals court

The 11th Circuit made the ruling in the case of Houston County, Ga., sheriff's deputy Anna Lange.

Transgender Federal Employees Get Good News

Federal Employee Health Benefits insurers will no longer be forced to exclude transition-related healthcare, but not all advocates are pleased.

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.

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. 

Tennessee Sued Over Assault on Trans Health Care

This is unlawful discrimination, says the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, which is representing two trans women in the suit.

Op-ed: Trans Health Care Victories Closer Than We Dreamed

Much has been achieved in the fight for transgender health care rights, but the director of the National Center for Transgender Equality says there is still work to be done.

Good News for Transgender State Employees in Md.

Just months after the passage of sweeping, statewide nondiscrimination statute protecting transgender people, Maryland announces that trans state employees will no longer face discrimination in insurance.

New York Drops Medicaid's Ban on Trans Health Care

The good news keeps coming for New York's trans citizens seeking healthcare related to gender transition, even as advocates say some work still needs to be done.