Lambda Legal and the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of current and former North Carolina state employees, alleging discrimination against transgender persons enrolled in health care coverage.
The plaintiffs argue that because treatment of gender dysphoria is categorically excluded from the health care coverage, the defendants “deny equal compensation for equal work.”
TLDEF alleges harm suffered by the plaintiffs due to the categorical exclusion of coverage for medically necessary gender-conforming heath care. This harm includes the costs that plaintiffs have incurred to pay for the health care out-of-pocket, while other plaintiffs have had to forego the health care.
