US federal employees file complaint against Trump’s anti-transgender policy
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In January 2026, a group of US federal employees, represented by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, filed a class action complaint against the Trump administration. The complaint challenges a new policy, implemented at the start of the year, that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs. The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is named as a defendant, following their August announcement that "chemical and surgical modification of an individual’s sex traits through medical interventions" would no longer be covered. The complaint argues the policy is discriminatory and seeks its rescission, along with economic damages. If unresolved with the OPM, the plaintiffs plan to pursue claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and potentially a federal lawsuit. This action follows a separate lawsuit by Democratic state attorneys general against the Trump administration's efforts to restrict children's access to gender-affirming care.
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AI-ExtractedRobert F Kennedy Jr proposed rules to bar hospitals providing gender-affirming care to children from Medicaid and Medicare.
Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block rules cutting children’s access to gender-affirming care.
The complaint argues that the policy is discriminatory on the basis of sex.
The policy eliminates coverage for 'chemical and surgical modification of an individual’s sex traits through medical interventions'.
Federal employees filed a class action complaint against Trump's administration over a policy eliminating coverage for gender-affirming care.
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