Transgender Health-Care Bias Case Paused Until Supreme Court Rules

A Minnesota transgender man will have to wait for resolution of his claims that health-care providers violated federal nondiscrimination laws while treating him (Rumble v. Fairview Health Servs., 2017 BL 26785, D. Minn., No. 0:14-cv-2037, 1/30/17).

Judge Susan Richard Nelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Jan. 30 ordered a stay of the man’s claims under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, pointing out the Supreme Court is expected to rule this session about whether gender identity discrimination is prohibited under a federal law governing sex discrimination. The Minnesota court did, however, ...