ACLU Statement on Biden Move to Protect LGBTQ People From Discrimination in Health Care
WASHINGTON — Chase Strangio, deputy director for Trans Justice with the American Civil Liberties Union LGBTQ & HIV Project, issued the following statement in response to today’s move by the White House to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in health care:
“With health care for transgender youth under attack by state legislatures, this move to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in health care is critical. The Biden administration has affirmed what courts have said for decades: Discrimination against LGBTQ people is against the law. It also affirms what transgender people have long said: Gender-affirming care is life-saving care.”
Learn more about support for gender-affirming care from medical professionals: https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/doctors-agree-gender-affirming-care-is-life-saving-care/
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