These documents can be helpful when advocating with employers that have transgender exclusions in their employee health plans.
The Transgender Law Center's Trans Health Legal Fund offers additional resources for trans people facing investigation, arrest or prosecution for seeking healthcare.
TLDEF analysis
- Liability for Transgender Health Care Exclusions in Employer Health Plans, TLDEF (February 15, 2024).
Third-party analysis
- Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Issues for Employer Group Health Plans, John D. Arendshorst (Varnum LLP), The National Law Review (Oct. 1, 2020).
- Recent Supreme Court Decision Might Require Changes to Your Benefit Plans – LGBT Coverage Issues, Nick J. Welle (Foley & Lardner LLP) (July 15, 2020).
- 3 Checklists for Avoiding LGBTQ Discrimination in Your Benefits Programs, Stephen Miller (Society for Human Resource Management) (June 30, 2020).
- LGBTQ Title VII Ruling May Impact Your Employee Benefit Plan, Jacob Mattinson et al. (McDermott Will & Emery LLP), The National Law Review (June 22, 2020).
- Supreme Court rules Title VII protects LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination, Edward Fensholt (Lockton) (June 16, 2020).
- Challenging Transition-Related Care Exclusions Through Disability Rights Law, Kevin M. Barry, Symposium: Disability Rights: Past, Present, and Future, UDC Law Review (Feb. 5, 2020).
- Transgender Health Benefits: Best Practices & Legal Considerations, Todd Solomon, Jacob Mattinson & Erin Steele (McDermott Will & Emery LLP), Benefits Magazine 56(8):22-28 (Aug. 2019).
- HHS Proposed Regulations Remove Protections from the Affordable Care Act for Transgender Patients, Denise M. Visconti et al. (Littler) (July 11, 2019).
- Does ADA Cover Accommodations For Transgender Workers?, Lindsey Conrad Kennedy (Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC) (January 16, 2019).
- Group Health Plans Cannot Categorically Exclude Coverage for Gender Dysphoria, Say Two More Federal Courts, Nathaniel M. Glasser & Cassandra Labbees (Epstein Becker & Green) (Oct. 4, 2018).
- A Gender Transition Primer: The Evolution of ADA Protections and Benefits Coverage, Nonnie L. Shivers, 11th Annual ABA Labor and Employment Law Conference (Nov. 1, 2017).
- Who May Sue You and Why: How to Reduce Your ERISA Risks, and the Role of Fiduciary Liability Insurance, Lars C. Golumbic, A Chubb Special Report (July 2017).
Updated on Feb 10, 2025