Fed Employees File Complaint Against Trump Admin Ban On Gender-Related Care

The Trump administration is facing a new legal grievance from a cohort of government employees impacted by a forthcoming policy, effective Thursday, that abolishes coverage for gender-related healthcare in federal health insurance programs.

The complaint, on Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign on behalf of the employees, addresses an August declaration from the Office of Personnel Management indicating the cessation of coverage for “chemical and surgical modification of an individual’s sex traits through medical interventions” in health insurance plans for federal employees and U.S. Postal Service workers.

The complaint contends that the refusal to provide coverage for gender-transition care constitutes sex-based discrimination and requests that the personnel office revoke the policy.