Tag: ACA
HHS Implements Critical New Regulation to Protect LGBT People From Discrimination in Healthcare
New regulation makes clear that transgender people must be treated consistent with their gender identity and cannot be denied care provided to anyone else, even when it’s transition-related care.
HHS Proposes Critical Regulation to Protect Transgender People From Discrimination in Healthcare
The proposed regulation is based on protections offered under the Affordable Care Act, and explicitly includes gender identity and sex stereotyping under sex-based discrimination protections.
HRC Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling in Hobby Lobby
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in two cases, collectively known as the Hobby Lobby case, in which the Justices were asked to decide whether requiring a corporation to provide insurance coverage that includes contraception under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a “substantial burden” on the corporation, and violates Christian business owners’ religious freedom rights.
Family Equality Council Statement on Hobby Lobby Ruling by Supreme Court
Family Equality Council®, the national organisation which connects, supports, and represents the estimated three million parents who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer in the United States and their six million children of all ages, today reacted to the United States Supreme Court Ruling in the Hobby Lobby case.
Nation’s Largest Education and Counseling Organizations Partner with HRC in Supporting LGBTQ Youth
The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Counseling Association (ACA) have become Co-Presenting Conference Partners at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s inaugural Time To THRIVE Conference – supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.