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A federal lawsuit brought to court by two transgender women alleges that Tennessee and its insurance committee are discriminatory because they denied the plaintiffs coverage for gender-affirming surgery.
Gerda Zinner, a 30-year-old transgender woman from Hamilton County who has worked at UTC since 2019 and is an academic advisor, and Story VanNess, 38, a transgender woman who lives
The lawsuit was filed in federal court on May 24.
Tennessee's decision to exclude gender-affirming care for its employees is unconstitutional and discriminatory, according to a federal lawsuit.
Two women, one of them a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga employee, filed a suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Nashville charging they were denied "essential medical coverage" for gender-affirming care through the state's health plan.