Consequences can include severe depression. Activists and Democratic lawmakers noted that Friday was also the four-year anniversary of the mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which 49 people were killed.īehind the dispute over legal rights is a medically recognised condition called “gender dysphoria” - discomfort or distress caused by a discrepancy between the gender that a person identifies as and the gender at birth. The reversal comes in the middle of LGBTQ Pride Month.
LGBTQ groups say explicit protections are needed for people seeking sex-reassignment treatment, and even for transgender people who need care for common illnesses such as diabetes or heart problems.īut conservatives say the Obama administration exceeded its legal authority in broadly interpreting gender.
