LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV often face barriers to receiving the health care they need.
Barriers to health care manifest in different ways. But our community is particularly vulnerable to breaches of medical confidentiality, discriminatory exclusions in health coverage, and to violations of personal autonomy when it comes to issues like reproductive decisions, gender-affirming medical care, and more.
We work to defend the rights of LGBTQ+ people and persons living with HIV when they seek health care. And just as important, we work to ensure that insurance companies, medical professionals, and health care facilities understand their own responsibility to treat patients fairly.
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December 20, 2023
VICTORY: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois May Not Exclude Gender Affirming Care in Any Health Plan
“Thousands of transgender people in BCBSIL-administered health plans will have access to the health care they need.” Today, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Bryan instructed Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) to cease imposing discriminatory exclusions on gender affirming care in all of its health plans across the country. The court’s Order forbids BCBSIL...
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Lambda Legal Urges Ninth Circuit to Affirm Third-Party Administrators Cannot Apply Gender-Affirming Care Exclusions
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VICTORY! EEOC Rules Federal Agency Discriminated Against Transgender Man in Denying Health Care Coverage
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