A Marine veteran from Maine is suing over a federal statute preventing his transgender daughter, a dependent on his healthcare plan, from having transition-related costs covered.
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The veteran and daughter filed their lawsuit against the government anonymously via GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, a Boston-based advocacy group. The group's court filing said the daughter has been denied treatments recommended by doctors due to a federal statute that dates to 1976 that mandates exclusion of surgical treatments for gender transition in the military's medical coverage for the dependents of service members.
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