Obama’s EO protecting LGBT folks from discrimination by Federal contractors still doesn’t have enforcing regulations. More than four years after Obamacare was passed, Obama Administration still hasn’t handled illegal trans-exclusionary insurance. The Obama Administration still illegally discriminates against trans Federal employees in health insurance.<\/p>\n
Trans people won’t wait.<\/p>\n
There should be a trans-inclusive health insurance nationwide mandate in place *now* under present law. The military should be immediately removing its ban on openly trans service members.<\/p>\n
Trans people won’t wait.<\/p>\n
Obama talks about this being his “year of action,” but that’s not what we’re seeing in trans issues.<\/p>\n
DOJ has only made the most modest of efforts to curtail local police criminalizing walking while trans. DOJ has stood by silently while a 16-year-old girl is abused under color of Connecticut state law.<\/p>\n
Trans people won’t wait.<\/p>\n
It’s time for DOJ and Obama to take on the criminalization of being trans. It’s time for HHS and Obama to stop letting insurers treat being trans as a preexisting condition. It’s time for DOD and Obama to end the nonsensical ban on transgender service members. It’s time for OPM and Obama to stop directly and overtly discriminating against Federal employees. It’s time for Labor and Obama to actually enforce the EO prohibiting sexual orientation\/gender identity discrimination.<\/p>\n
Trans people won’t wait.<\/p>\n
None of these requires Congressional action. The President’s inaction shows how little he cares about trans rights.<\/p>\n
Remember when Obama’s slogan was “we can’t wait?” He left out the asterisk “except for trans folks; you all will be waiting indefinitely.” Remember when Obama said insurance companies couldn’t discriminate on the basis of gender? He left off the asterisk for “except for trans people.”<\/p>\n
Trans people won’t wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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