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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The largest federal health insurance provider now bans coverage for gender-affirming care, but allows "faith-based counseling."
More than a dozen Massachusetts same-sex couples who were married in their state have filed suit against the federal government, arguing that DOMA is unconstitutional and discriminatory.
The court set a new standard for consideration of religious accommodations in the workplace but did not rule on the merits in the case of a man who refused to work Sundays because of his Christian beliefs.
"Don't ask, don't tell" is keeping America's gay soldiers in the closet as they fight overseas--but what is it doing to the loved ones they've left behind?
In this excerpt from Matt Baume's book Defining Marriage, Andrew Sullivan discusses how hard it was to grasp the idea of marriage equality in the age of Bush I.