Georgia Taxpayers Will Now Pay for State Employees and Teachers to Get Sex Changes
Georgia taxpayers will now pay state employees and teachers to get sex changes.
The changes may also allow minors obtaining treatment in other states to be covered, even though hormones and sex change operations are banned in Georgia for those under 18.
The State Health Benefit Plan was sued by several state employees who alleged that they were victims of illegal discrimination because their coverage did not include “gender-affirming care.”
On Thursday, the plaintiffs asked the Atlanta federal court to dismiss the case, as they had settled with the state Department of Community Health, which oversees the plans.
“There’s no justification, morally, medically, legally or in any other way for treating transgender health care as different and denying people access to it,” David Brown,
