A transgender public library worker in Cincinnati is asking a federal court to order her employer and its health insurer to cover the cost of her upcoming sex transformation surgery (Dovel v. Pub. Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton Cty., S.D. Ohio, No. 1:16-cv-00955, complaint filed 9/26/16).
Rachel Dovel alleges that the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County’s policy with Community Insurance Co., doing business as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, unlawfully excludes coverage for the sex transformation surgery required to treat her gender dysphoria—an intense and persistent discomfort with the characteristics of one’s ...
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