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

“This policy is not about cost or care—it is about driving transgender people and people with transgender spouses, children, and dependents out of the federal workforce,” Human Rights Campaign Foundation President Kelley Robinson said in a statement announcing the move.

The grievance submitted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission comprises statements from four current federal employees at the State Department, Health and Human Services, and the Postal Service who the removal of coverage would directly impact.

The complaint states that a Postal Service employee has a daughter for whom doctors have advised puberty blockers and possibly hormone replacement therapy due to her diagnosed gender dysphoria. These treatments would not be covered under the new OPM policy.

The complaint indicates that the workers are asserting the claim on behalf of themselves and a “class of similarly situated federal employees.”