Trump administration sued for blocking insurance coverage of gender-affirming healthcare

Coverage for gender-affirming care is no longer covered by federal plans, and workers must pay out of pocket US federal employees and their families are joining a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration for blocking insurance coverage of gender-affirming healthcare. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) and the DC-based law firm Correia & Puth filed the lawsuit on Monday morning against the federal office of personnel management (OPM), arguing that the prohibition violates Title VII, which protects against sex discrimination. The Trump administration had been “fixated” on ending gender-affirming care, said Cynthia Cheng-Wun Weaver, HRCF’s senior director of litigation. “A lot of the criticism and attack on this care is for treating minors, but this exclusion is for all ages,” she said. Federal insurance plans cover about 8.3 million people in America – not just employees and retirees themselves but also their partners and other family members. Health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care is no longer covered by federal insurance plans as of January, with the exception of mental health counseling, including faith-based counseling. There was also an excepti