Tag: Obama Administration
NCLR and HRC Release Sample Legislation to End Conversion Therapy on LGBTQ Youth
Sample legislation for state legislators comes just days after the Obama Administration issued a report calling for an end to conversion therapy.
Amanda Simpson Sworn In As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy
Simpson remains the highest ranking openly transgender official in the Obama Administration.
TLDEF Applauds Obama Administration for Efforts to Ban Transgender Health Care Discrimination Across U.S.
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed regulation to prohibit health care discrimination against transgender Americans. If adopted, the Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities rule would prohibit discrimination against transgender people in all health care facilities that receive HHS funds and ban the widespread insurance industry practice of excluding coverage for transgender health care in all plans sold by insurance companies that participate in health insurance exchanges.