A coalition of LGBTQ organizations is suing to block the Trump administration's rule that would strip anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in health care. Plaintiffs say last week's Supreme Court decision has put 'wind in our sails.'
Bamby Salcedo, here at a 2017 rally on behalf of LGBTQ rights, is among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Monday to keep Obama-era civil rights protections in place."Everyone deserves easy access to health care," Salcedo says,"and health care that is respectful of who we are."Bamby Salcedo, here at a 2017 rally on behalf of LGBTQ rights, is among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Monday to keep Obama-era civil rights protections in place.
"Everyone deserves easy access to health care, and health care that is respectful of who we are," says Bamby Salcedo, president and CEO of the , one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit."This rule will hurt marginalized communities who already experience barriers to care."in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs, represented by Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson, include Whitman-Walker Clinic and the Los Angeles LGBT Center, along with individual LGBTQ physicians, health care provider associations, and LGBTQ organizations including the TransLatin@ Coalition.
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