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HealthTransgender people, like all people, deserve skilled, compassionate, and comprehensive health care.
Knowledgeable care can mean the difference between life and death for our community. TLC improves access to health care and the quality of that care through provider and community education, litigation, and policy research and advocacy.
Tlc Resources
Life Planning Documents for Transgender Communities
Protect Trans Health
ACA Fact Sheet
10 Tips for Working with Transgender Patients (for providers)
Trans Benefits in California: How to Appeal your Health Care Denial
Transgender Health Benefits: Negotiating for Inclusive Coverage
Other Resources
The National Center for Transgender Equality offers a step-by-step guide to accessing gender-affirming care through insurance plans.
Legal’s Transgender Insurance Roadmap Videos
A video series explaining the process of accessing gender-affirming care through insurance, including guidance on challenging denials.
Transbucket
A surgery outcomes resource for the trans community, offering photos and first-hand accounts shared by people who have undergone different medical procedures.
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) is a professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. They engage in clinical and academic research to develop evidence-based medicine and strive to promote a high quality of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals internationally.
TLDEF’s Trans Health Project
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund’s (TLDEF’s) Trans Health Project aims to ensure that all transgender and non-binary people can access the trans-related health care that they need. They offer a comprehensive tutorial to accessing gender-affirming care through insurance, as well as resources including sample letters, guides to finding providers, and more information about appeals and grievance processes.
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Families Sue Alabama Over Felony Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Adolescents
Two Alabama families filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a recently passed law that criminalizes medical professionals who provide care to transgender adolescents with up to 10 years in prison. The families say being denied medically necessary care will be devastating for the mental and physical health of their adolescent children. The lawsuit alleges that the new Alabama law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Civil Rights Groups to Challenge Alabama Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, Lambda Legal, Transgender Law Center, and Cooley LLP announced today plans to file a legal challenge to proposed legislation in Alabama that would criminalize medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care to transgender adolescents with up to 10 years in prison.
TLC and Civil Rights Orgs, Harvard CHLPI, and Firm Hogan Lovells File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Rule Removing ACA’s Non-Discrimination Protections
Today Transgender Law Center (TLC), the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Transgender Law Center (TLC), the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School, and law firm Hogan...
