A Georgia sheriff’s deputy can seek payment from her county-provided health insurance plan for gender-affirming surgery while an appeal is pending against her victory in a gender discrimination lawsuit.
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia refused to set aside an injunction granting Anna Lange the relief she sought in a case alleging that the plan’s exclusion of coverage violated Title VII, which alleviates discrimination on the basis of gender in the terms of employment.
This is one of several cases pending across the country in which state health plans have been accused of discriminating against transgender people by…
