Health Care
PACHA Releases Recommendations to Curb Spread of HIV/AIDS among Transgender People
Recently the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) released recommendations on how to address the high rates of HIV/AIDS among transgender communities. The fifteen recommendations are derived from the ways that discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming people drives HIV transmission and risk behaviors for contracting the disease. For instance, because transgender individuals can be legally refused services in hospitals and health care settings (indeed, only 16 states have non-discrimination protections for gender identity/expression), …read more
Insurance Carriers
The following insurance carriers have available plans without blanket exclusions for transgender-related healthcare. Below is a list of direct links to the carriers’ websites where major guidelines for transgender-related treatments are openly available. Please feel free to consult these resources as you evaluate your employer’s health plan and determine whether or not it covers medically necessary treatments associated with a healthy gender transition. Please note that these plans are not …read more
9 Facts About Trans Sexual and Reproductive Health
In celebration of National LGBT Health Awareness Week, NCTE has released this preview of a fact sheet, Transgender Sexual and Reproductive Health: Unmet Needs and Barriers to Care. The full fact sheet will include policy recommendations for the medical community to improve the delivery of health care. Join The NCTE mailing list to get your copy of the final fact sheet. Key facts on sexual and reproductive health for Transgender people: Transgender people …read more
