Appeals court ruling creates 'lower-class citizenship' for transgender people, judge says
Anna Lange must go to trial to prove her employer discriminated against her by excluding coverage for gender transition.
September 12, 2025
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Anna Lange must go to trial to prove her employer discriminated against her by excluding coverage for gender transition.
It’s the latest attack on trans rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Skrmetti ruling.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's drag ban, but a separate suit is still ongoing.
An appeals court still blocked a provision in the legislation that vaguely banned “recruiting” pregnant youth for abortions.
Anna Lange sued in 2019 after being denied gender-affirming surgery under her county’s health plan. She received the procedure in 2022 after an appeals court ruled in her favor.
Justices determined that the plaintiff was discriminated against for having "female genitalia" when the district "does not speculate, inspect, or otherwise inquire as to the genitalia of other male students.”
Billard married his partner in May 2015 and says he loved every minute of his teaching career even though it ended abruptly.
The ruling came too late for one of the plaintiffs, whose husband continued the battle when he died by suicide before the courts could rule in their favor.
It is the first time a federal court has allowed such a law to go into effect.