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Offline OfTheCross

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Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Sues Over Lack Of Transgender Insurance Coverage
« on: October 02, 2019, 10:12:15 pm »
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A sheriff’s deputy in Perry, Ga., filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the county where she works over its refusal to allow her health insurance plan to cover her gender-affirmation surgery.

Sgt. Anna Lange came out as transgender in 2017 after working in the Houston County Sheriff’s Office since 2006. She has taken hormone therapy and outwardly changed her appearance over the past three years to treat gender dysphoria, the distress resulting from the mismatch between her sex assigned at birth and her gender identity.

Her next step was going to be gender-affirmation surgery, but that plan came to a halt when her insurance provider denied coverage for the procedure based on an exclusion specified by her employer.

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I guess if her insurance company is willing to cover it there's no reason for the County to block the assignment.

If it had been the other way around I'd say tough luck.
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Re: Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Sues Over Lack Of Transgender Insurance Coverage
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2019, 10:22:38 pm »
resulting from the mismatch between her sex assigned at birth

He wasn't assigned a sex at birth.  That happened at contraception.
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Re: Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Sues Over Lack Of Transgender Insurance Coverage
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2019, 06:59:10 am »
Quote from: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on October 02, 2019, 10:22:38 pm
resulting from the mismatch between her sex assigned at birth

He wasn't assigned a sex at birth.  That happened at contraception.
I think you meant conception.

Now, what I don't get is, is this a he trying to be a she, or a she trying to be a he, or one of the other 50-odd varieties of confusion?

Seems like it would be easier to put the bowtie on the Chevy than turn it into a Ford.
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Re: Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Sues Over Lack Of Transgender Insurance Coverage
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2019, 07:05:39 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on October 03, 2019, 06:59:10 am
Now, what I don't get is, is this a he trying to be a she, or a she trying to be a he, or one of the other 50-odd varieties of confusion?


I forget Smoke, who is the father of confusion?
That's right... Oughta be a sign.
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Re: Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Sues Over Lack Of Transgender Insurance Coverage
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2019, 07:19:49 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on October 03, 2019, 07:05:39 am
I forget Smoke, who is the father of confusion?
That's right... Oughta be a sign.
Ayup.
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