Transgender People and Health Care
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The Latest
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Judge Determines NC Department Of Adult Correction Violated Transgender Woman’s Eighth Amendment Rights
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Ohio Court Temporarily Blocks Gender-Affirming Care Ban from Taking Effect
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Supreme Court Narrows Injunction Against Idaho Trans Care Ban
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Rulings Blocking State from Investigating Trans Youth and Their Families
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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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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?
Fill out our confidential online form
For non-LGBT issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.