{"id":25370,"date":"2022-11-22T16:16:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/22\/veteran-sues-over-coverage-denial-for-daughters-gender-transition\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:00:58","slug":"veteran-sues-over-coverage-denial-for-daughters-gender-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/health\/2022\/11\/22\/veteran-sues-over-coverage-denial-for-daughters-gender-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran sues over coverage denial for daughter\u2019s gender transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PORTLAND, Maine (AP) \u2014 A U.S. military veteran and his daughter filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon this week, challenging a federal rule they said prevents the daughter from accessing medical coverage because she is transgender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The veteran and daughter filed their lawsuit against the government anonymously via GLBTQ Legal Advocates &amp; Defenders, a Boston-based advocacy group. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221121_Doe-v-Lloyd-Austin_Complaint.pdf\">group\u2019s court filing<\/a> said the daughter has been denied treatments recommended by doctors due to a federal statute that dates to 1976 that mandates exclusion of surgical treatments for gender transition in the military\u2019s medical coverage for the dependents of service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/retirement\/2022\/11\/22\/tricare-for-life-or-blue-cross-blue-shield-federal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ask_the_expert.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Tricare for life or Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Reg Jones is the resident expert on retirement and the federal government at Federal Times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statute is an antiquated rule based on outdated views of transgender people, and striking it from the books would be significant for many people seeking to access care, said Ben Klein, an attorney with GLAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can safely say this is the first time the statute has been challenged. 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