Transgender People and Health Care
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The Latest
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President Biden Must Veto Defense Bill Attacking Military Families with Transgender Youth
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House Passes Defense Bill Including Attack on Military Families’ Transgender Youth
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Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Families & Doctors, Blocks Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth
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Military Families of Transgender Youth Under Attack In Defense Bill
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What's at Stake
The ACLU LGBT Project seeks to eliminate barriers that transgender people face in receiving health care, including treatments specifically related to gender transition and gender affirmation. Transition-related health care continues to be explicitly excluded from many public health care programs and private insurance policies. Even once these exclusions are lifted, we must also work to ensure that trans people have meaningful, comprehensive access to transition-related care without burdensome and unnecessary preconditions and limitations on the types of care provided.
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For non-LGBT issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.
The ACLU LGBT Project seeks to eliminate barriers that transgender people face in receiving health care, including treatments specifically related to gender transition and gender affirmation. Transition-related health care continues to be explicitly excluded from many public health care programs and private insurance policies. Even once these exclusions are lifted, we must also work to ensure that trans people have meaningful, comprehensive access to transition-related care without burdensome and unnecessary preconditions and limitations on the types of care provided.
Need help?
For non-LGBT issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.