Judge: Georgia county can't deny gender surgery to deputy

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https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-politics-health-georgia-business-1bb2ff530c1ceeebe9bcbf127592e0f1

Judge: Georgia county can’t deny gender surgery to deputy

By JEFF AMY
yesterday

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has found that a Georgia sheriff’s office was illegally discriminating when it denied gender reassignment surgery to a deputy.

U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell ruled June 2 that Houston County cannot exclude surgery for the transgender woman from its health insurance plan, citing a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision finding that a Michigan funeral home couldn’t fire an employee for being transgender.

The case involves Sgt. Anna Lange, an investigator in the middle Georgia county who began her transition in 2017 after being diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

“I can confidently move forward with my life knowing that gender affirming care is protected under federal law,” Lange said in a statement released by the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, which represented her. “This decision is not only a personal victory, but a tremendous step forward for all transgender Southerners who are seeking insurance coverage for medically necessary care.”

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1. Sgt Lange better move fast...

The hatemongers will appeal this to USSC and the right wing Catholic block will gleefully overturn it.

This is the kind of it screws people over that we hate kind of decision that Thomas, beer bong, and hand maiden live for.


Glad this judge did the right thing and followed the law...but this USSC feels that the amendments 14 should not exist, because their racist side that was burned to the ground actually won the civil war.

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2. From the court filings

Link to tweet

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3. Good

And should be the case in all 50 states. This isn't like a facelift or a boob job... This is essential treatment and often times the difference between trying to live a normal life, and dealing with self-harm or worse.