Tag: David Stacy
Obama Administration Confirms Married Same-Sex Couples Will Have Access To Full Federal Benefits
Yesterday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirmed that married same-sex couples will finally have access to full federal benefits thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision affirming a Constitutional right to nationwide marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges.
How Can the Obama Administration Advance Fairness & Equality for Transgender Americans?
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, highlighted specific steps the Obama Administration should take to improve the lives of transgender people.
OPM Announces FEHB Healthcare Plans Cannot Have Blanket Exclusions on Transition-Related Care
Yesterday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that Federal Health Benefit Plan (FEHB) providers will no longer be permitted to have blanket exclusions on all transition-related services in their federal employee healthcare plans.
U.S Department of Defense to Extend Non-Discrimination Protections for LGB Troops
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to the news that the U.S Department of Defense plans to extend non-discrimination protections to LGB troops by updating the Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) program to include sexual orientation as a protected class.
AMA to DOD: There Is No Medical Rationale In Transgender Military Ban
Yesterday, the American Medical Association (AMA) approved a resolution saying there is “no medically valid reason to exclude transgender individuals from service in the U.S. military.”
5 Actions the Obama Administration Can Take Immediately to Improve the Lives of LGBT Service Members
Yesterday, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense strongly urging him to update equal opportunity policies across the Department of Defense “to prevent discrimination, harassment or intimidation of service members based on sexual orientation” – an important step the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organisation, has repeatedly called for.