Trump quietly bans federal health insurance from covering gender-affirming care
The largest federal health insurance provider now bans coverage for gender-affirming care, but allows "faith-based counseling."
August 19, 2025
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Transgender Federal Employees Get Good News
Federal Employee Health Benefits insurers will no longer be forced to exclude transition-related healthcare, but not all advocates are pleased.
June 13, 2014
DOMA Plaintiff to Finally Get Health Benefits
A federal employee who sued to obtain health benefits for her partner will soon finally get what she has long sought.
March 27, 2012
Federal Agency Reviewing Trans-Exclusive Insurance Policies
The Office of Personnel Management is reviewing the insurance policies currently offered to agency employees, evaluating whether or not to include transition-related care on future plans.
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January 15, 2014
Feds Change Rules, Offer Benefits for Kids of Domestic Partners
The new rule applies to children of federal employees who are in same-sex domestic partnerships but live in states where marriage is not an option.
November 6, 2013
Op-ed: Trans Health Care Victories Closer Than We Dreamed
Much has been achieved in the fight for transgender health care rights, but the director of the National Center for Transgender Equality says there is still work to be done.
June 24, 2014
Baldwin Writing D.P. Bill for Federal Workers
Wisconsin Representative Tammy Baldwin is reportedly scheduled to introduce a bill recognizing same-sex partners of federal employees.
March 9, 2009
CDC Reverses Discriminatory Policy
The CDC releases updated guidelines, clarifying a policy that had been used to discriminate against transgender women.
December 23, 2013
Quinn Urges Obama to Support Partner Benefits
New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn has come a long way since 1999, when she was arrested for marching as an out lesbian in the Fifth Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade. This year she was invited to the White House as an honored guest of President Barack Obama.
March 18, 2009
Tax Error Hurts Yales Gay Employees
Employees who utilize Yale University's domestic-partner health benefits will have to double up on their taxes this year because of a payroll error related to the federal government's resistance to recognizing same-sex couples.
January 12, 2011
Court Orders Place Obama on Hot Seat Over Partner Benefits
Two strongly worded court orders place President Obama in an awkward position on the issue of whether the government must provide health insurance benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees, The New York Times reports.
March 13, 2009
Sens. Baldwin, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Provide Fairness to Domestic Partners
The Democratic senator from Wisconsin and the Maine Republican are among the bipartisan sponsors in both chambers of Congress who've signed on to support the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013.
September 19, 2013
