Tag: TLDEF
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.
TLDEF Challenges Discriminatory Health Insurance Coverage Denial
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has demanded that Aetna Life Insurance Company reverse its decision to deny coverage for a Colorado transgender woman’s medically necessary gender reassignment surgery.
TLDEF Applauds Federal LGBT Rights Bill, the Equality Act
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) celebrates news that Democratic lawmakers in Congress have introduced the Equality Act, a bill to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodation, credit, and several other categories. The comprehensive legislation is aimed at ensuring that no one ever faces bias in America based on who they are or who they love.
Applauds New York State for New Guidance Designed to Protect Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students from Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) commends the New York State Education Department for releasing comprehensive guidance to help ensure that transgender and gender nonconforming students are safe in schools and able to learn in discrimination-free environments.
TLDEF Responds to Pentagon Plan To End Transgender Military Ban
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today welcomed the Department of Defense’s announcement that it is taking steps to lift the ban on open transgender military service.
TLDEF Responds to New Guidance Impacting Transgender Immigrants
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund responded to news that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had issued new guidance on the treatment of transgender immigrants who are held in its detention centers.