REPORT: ‘That is discrimination’: Two transgender women sue Florida. Here’s why

JANUARY 13, 2020

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Two transgender women have sued Florida over a law that prohibits state employer-provided health plans from covering gender reassignment or modification services.

Jami Claire, 62, and Kathryn Lane, 38, argue that Florida state healthcare policy violates the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. They have partnered with several organizations, including the ACLU of Florida and Southern Legal Counsel, in the suit.

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Their lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Florida, argues that both Claire and Lane’s gender dysphoria, a condition where one feels distress because of a psychological disconnect between their gender identity and biological sex, have worsened because they have had to delay transition-related care.

“We brought this lawsuit because all people need access to medical care. This is not about special treatment; this is about equal treatment,” said the suits head counsel, Simone Chriss. “Transgender state employees are singled out and explicitly denied coverage for one reason: They are transgender. That is discrimination, and it cannot stand.”


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