DOD Trans Healthcare Denial Discriminates, Judge Rules

By Hannah Albarazi · November 4, 2024, 10:17 PM EST

A Maine federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense's denial of healthcare coverage for two transgender women's gender-confirmation surgeries violates the Fifth Amendment's equal protection clause, finding that...

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Case Title

DOE et al v. AUSTIN et al

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Maine

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

November 21, 2022

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