Posted on May 24, 2019
Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Reverse Protections For Transgender Patients
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The federal Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to roll back an Obama-era policy intended to protect transgender people from discrimination in health care.
Roger Severino, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, said the proposed rule, released Friday, would revise protections put into place in 2016 as part of the Affordable Care Act that defined discrimination "on the basis of sex" to include gender identity. Gender identity was interpreted as one's "internal sense of being male, female, neither, or a combination of male and female."
Two lawsuits temporarily blocked that definition from being implemented. Today's proposed action by HHS would go along with those court rulings and permanently remove gender identity from the classes protected from discrimination by the health care law.
Severino said at a press briefing that the proposed rule conforms with existing law.
"When Congress prohibited sex discrimination, it did so according to the plain meaning of the term, and we are making our regulations conform," said Severino in a statement.
Roger Severino, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, said the proposed rule, released Friday, would revise protections put into place in 2016 as part of the Affordable Care Act that defined discrimination "on the basis of sex" to include gender identity. Gender identity was interpreted as one's "internal sense of being male, female, neither, or a combination of male and female."
Two lawsuits temporarily blocked that definition from being implemented. Today's proposed action by HHS would go along with those court rulings and permanently remove gender identity from the classes protected from discrimination by the health care law.
Severino said at a press briefing that the proposed rule conforms with existing law.
"When Congress prohibited sex discrimination, it did so according to the plain meaning of the term, and we are making our regulations conform," said Severino in a statement.
Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Reverse Protections For Transgender Patients
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This will definitely clash with California's policies. I love CA. Most progressive state in my opinion. Why does the government get involved in something so obviously controversial? I just don't get it.
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I dislike the AP, with is where this originates, as their articles are click-bait. First and foremost there is no scientific or medical definition of "transgender". There is a medical definition of Gender-dysphoria and Transsexualism, which is well established. The meaning of words are important.
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PO2 Christina "Jian" Phillips
'Transgender: denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex.'
Transsexual is getting medical aid to change said birth sex and is an older term often not preferred due to its link to physical appearance.
Gender dysphoria is the psychological aspect that leads to one or both. They are very linked and in psychology around gender, sexual orientation, and sex at birth they are very well known definitions nowadays.
For clarification here is where I found these: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
Transsexual is getting medical aid to change said birth sex and is an older term often not preferred due to its link to physical appearance.
Gender dysphoria is the psychological aspect that leads to one or both. They are very linked and in psychology around gender, sexual orientation, and sex at birth they are very well known definitions nowadays.
For clarification here is where I found these: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
GLAAD Media Reference Guide - Transgender
For additional resources on how to fairly and accurately report on transgender people, please see "In Focus: Covering the Transgender Community" and visit glaad.org/transgender.
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