Biden administration restores transgender health protections

Published May 10, 2021 1:05pm ET



The Biden administration restored federal protections for gay and transgender people, giving them the right to sue for sex discrimination in healthcare.

The decision, carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services, was announced on Monday. It is a reversal from the Trump administration’s policy, which defined “sex” as the gender assigned at birth, thus excluding transgender people from the protections the law provides.

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