DOE et al v. AUSTIN et al
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2:22-cv-00368
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November 04, 2024
DOD Trans Healthcare Denial Discriminates, Judge Rules
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 the way the department applied a statutory exclusion discriminated based on sex and transgender status.
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November 22, 2022
Vet's Daughter Says DOD Illegally Denies Trans Health Care
A transgender woman and her veteran father slapped the U.S. Department of Defense with a federal lawsuit claiming it is unlawfully discriminating against them and violating their constitutional rights by refusing to pay for the daughter's gender-confirmation surgery.