‘Historic’ Transgender Discrimination Opinion Provides Lessons for Health-Care Providers

In a decision that attorneys working on gay and transgender issues described as “historic,” a federal court in Minnesota March 16 refused to dismiss a complaint alleging that a hospital discriminated against a transgender man in the provision of health-care services (Rumble v. Fairview Health Servs., 2015 BL 70114, D. Minn., 0:14-cv-02037-SRN-FLN, 3/16/15).

The decision by U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota is believed to be the first to address directly a health-care provider’s potential liability under the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557 for discriminating against individuals based on their transgender status, attorneys familiar with ...