Aetna Agrees to Expand Coverage for Gender-Affirming Surgeries
One of the nation’s largest health insurers is agreeing to pay for breast augmentation for some trans women.
Two years ago, Cora Brna, a health care worker in Pittsburgh, was devastated to learn that her insurance would not cover the breast augmentation she had planned to have along with a genital reassignment surgery.Credit.Sarah Huny Young for The New York Times
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Allison Escolastico, a 30-year-old transgender woman, has wanted breast augmentation surgery for a decade. By 2019, she finally thought her insurance company, Aetna, would pay for it, only to find that it considered the procedure cosmetic, not medically necessary, and refused to cover it.
After advocacy by transgender women, Aetna agrees to expand insurance coverage for gender-affirming surgeries
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A total of 40 LGBTQ organizations are calling for the immediate removal of President Donald Trump in the wake of the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol by pro-Trump domestic terrorists that resulted in five deaths.
Meanwhile, San Francisco-based Twitter on Friday permanently suspended Trump s Twitter account, citing the possibility of a further incitement of violence.
The statement, spearheaded and released by GLAAD January 7, is brief: As LGBTQ organizations and movement leaders, we call for the immediate and unequivocal removal of Donald Trump as President of the United States via the invoking of the 25th Amendment or by impeachment if necessary. Our nation s security and the personal security of every American is in grave danger, and we cannot afford to sustain even another day with this destructive and seditious man in the White House.
LGBTQ advocates call for Trump’s removal from office following unrest at U.S. Capitol
Calls for Donald Trump’s removal from office abound after right-wing demonstrators storm the U.S. Capitol.
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Demonstrators surge into the U.S. Capitol Building during the Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6 – Photo: Lloyd Wolf.
Despite the unrest that occurred on Wednesday afternoon after right-wing protesters overran the U.S. Capitol Building, congressional lawmakers ultimately certified the results of the 2020 election, setting the stage for President-elect Joe Biden to be sworn in on January 20. But the demonstration that sparked the riot, originally conceived as an opportunity for right-leaning Americans to protest on President Donald Trump’s behalf, came at a political cost to the commander-in-chief, resulting in calls for his removal from office.
New Jersey residents who seek legal name changes no longer have to take out ads in newspapers to announce the move.
The rule amendment from the New Jersey Supreme Court is seen as a major win for transgender individuals who, according to advocates for the transgender community, often cite financial hardship when attempting to legally change their identity documents, and safety concerns making their transgender status public. Removing the requirement for people to publish name changes in the newspaper gives transgender and nonbinary people the dignity and privacy that they deserve, added Christian Fuscarino, executive director of Garden State Equality. We know transgender (individuals) face some of the highest rates of violence in the country.
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