Akuluakulu a Biden Adangopereka Lamulo Kuteteza Anthu A Transgender ku Tsankho

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Kupita kwa dokotala kumatha kukhala pachiwopsezo chachikulu komanso chovuta kwa aliyense. Tsopano, taganizirani kuti mwapita kukaonana ndi dokotala kuti akukanizeni chisamaliro choyenera kapena kupereka ndemanga zomwe zimakupangitsani kuti musamve bwino kapena ngati kuti simungawakhulupirire ndi thanzi lanu.

Izi ndizowona kwa anthu ambiri a transgender ndi LGBTQ + (ndi anthu amitundu, pankhaniyi) - makamaka panthawi yautsogoleri womaliza wapurezidenti. Mwamwayi, ndondomeko yatsopano yochokera ku U.S. Department of Health & Human Services inachitapo kanthu kuti isinthe.

Lolemba, oyang'anira a Biden adalengeza kuti transgender ndi anthu ena a LGBTQ + tsopano atetezedwa ku chisankho chazachipatala, kuyambira nthawi yomweyo. Mpumulowu umabwera patatha chaka lamulo la nthawi ya Trump lidatanthauzira "kugonana" ngati kugonana kwachilengedwe komanso jenda lomwe limaperekedwa pakubadwa, kutanthauza kuti zipatala, madotolo, ndi makampani a inshuwaransi akhoza kukana chisamaliro chokwanira kwa anthu a transgender. (Chifukwa chikumbutso: Trans Transks nthawi zambiri amadziwika kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi anzawo osati amuna kapena akazi anzawo atangobadwa.)

M'ndondomeko yatsopanoyi, a HHS akufotokoza momveka bwino kuti Affordable Care Act Section 1557 imaletsa tsankho kapena tsankho chifukwa cha "mtundu, mtundu, dziko, kugonana (kuphatikiza malingaliro ogonana ndi amuna kapena akazi), zaka, kapena kulumala pamapulogalamu azaumoyo kapena zochitika. " Izi zidakhazikitsidwa koyamba mu 2016 ndi oyang'anira a Obama, koma zosintha za Trump mu 2020 zidachepetsa kwambiri chitetezo pofotokoza "kugonana" kumangokhudza kugonana kwachilengedwe komanso jenda lomwe limaperekedwa pakubadwa.

Kusintha kwatsopano kumeneku kuchokera ku HHS kumathandizidwa ndi lingaliro lodziwika bwino la 6-3 Khothi Lalikulu, Bostock vs. County Clayton, yomwe idapangidwa mu June 2020, yomwe idagamula kuti anthu a LGBTQ+ amatetezedwa ndi boma kuti asasankhidwe ntchito chifukwa cha zomwe amakonda komanso zomwe amakonda. A HHS ati lingaliro ili likugwiranso ntchito pazachipatala, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Gawo 1557 lisinthidwe.

"Khoti Lalikulu lanena momveka bwino kuti anthu ali ndi ufulu wosakhala ndi tsankho chifukwa cha kugonana ndi kulandira chithandizo chofanana malinga ndi lamulo, mosasamala kanthu kuti ndi ndani kapena ali ndi maganizo okhudzana ndi kugonana," adatero mlembi wa HHS Xavier Becerra m'mawu ake. HHS. "Kuopa kusalidwa kumatha kupangitsa anthu kusiya chisamaliro, zomwe zimatha kukhala ndi zovuta m'thupi."

Mwachitsanzo, mu kafukufuku wa 2014 wopangidwa ndi a Lambda Legal (bungwe lovomerezeka la LGBTQ+), anthu 70 pa 100 aliwonse omwe anafunsidwa kuti asagwirizane ndi amuna kapena akazi, ananena kuti opereka chithandizo amakana chisamaliro, kugwiritsa ntchito mawu achipongwe, kapena kudzudzula malingaliro awo okhudzana ndi kugonana kapena kuti amuna ndi akazi. chifukwa cha matenda, ndipo 56 peresenti ya omwe amagonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, komanso amuna kapena akazi okhaokha amafunsanso zomwezo. (Zogwirizana: Ndine Wakuda, Queer, ndi Polyamorous - Chifukwa Chiyani Zili Zofunika Kwa Madokotala Anga?)

"Malamulo ndi malamulo omwe amaletsa chisamaliro cha amuna ndi akazi atha kukhala pachiwopsezo ku moyo wabwino komanso ngakhale chitetezo cha anthu opitako," atero a Anne Marie O'Melia, MD, wamkulu wazachipatala ku Pathlight Mood ndi Anxcare Center ku Towson , Maryland. "Mkhalidwe wa sayansi, monga umboni wa malingaliro a akatswiri ogwirizana ndi kafukufuku wotulukapo, akuti tiyenera kukulira maopaleshoni otsimikizira jenda, osawaletsa. Sikuti anthu onse amtundu wa transgender amafunikira kapena akufuna opaleshoni, koma tikudziwa kuti opaleshoni yotsimikizira kuti amuna kapena akazi okhaokha imakhudzana ndi kuchepetsa kuvutika kwa omwe akufuna ndipo amatha kusankha. Makamaka, kafukufuku waposachedwa mu JAMA Opaleshoni adapeza kuti kuchitira opareshoni yokhudzana ndi jenda kumalumikizidwa ndi kuchepa kwakukulu pamavuto amisala komanso malingaliro ochepa ofuna kudzipha. "(Zokhudzana: Zomwe Anthu Amachita Zolakwika Pazokhudza Trans Community, Malinga ndi Trans Sex Educator)

Zitatha izi, Purezidenti Biden adatumiza mawu pa Twitter kuti: "Palibe amene ayenera kumanidwa mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala chifukwa chazakugonana kapena kudziwika kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi. Ichi ndichifukwa chake lero, tilengeza zotetezedwa ku tsankho. muyenera kudziwa: Purezidenti ali ndi nsana wanu."

Kuthandizira anthu a LGBTQ+ ndi amodzi mwa malonjezo a oyang'anira a Biden, ndipo zafotokozedwa mu Equality Act yawo, lamulo lomwe cholinga chake ndi kupereka chitetezo chosasunthika komanso chodziwikiratu chotsutsana ndi tsankho kwa anthu a LGBTQ + m'malo ofunikira kuphatikiza ntchito, nyumba, ngongole, maphunziro, malo aboma ndi ntchito, mapulogalamu olipidwa ndi boma, ndi ntchito zoweruza milandu, malinga ndi Human Rights Campaign. Ngati apambana, Equality Act ikadasintha lamulo la 1964 la Ufulu Wachibadwidwe kuti liphatikize kupewa kusankhana chifukwa chazakugonana komanso kudziwika kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi.

Pakadali pano, mayiko ena alemba posachedwa kapena apereka malamulo awo omwe amakhudza achinyamata. Mu Marichi 2021, Mississippi idapereka The Mississippi Fairness Act, lamulo loti othamanga ophunzira azitenga nawo gawo pamasewera akusukulu malinga ndi kugonana komwe amapatsidwa atabadwa, osati kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi. Ndipo mu Epulo, Arkansas idakhala dziko loyamba loletsa chithandizo chamankhwala ndi njira kwa anthu omwe ali ndi zaka zosakwana zaka 18. Lamuloli, Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act, limachenjeza othandizira zaumoyo kuti ntchito monga otha msinkhu, mahomoni ogonana, kapena opaleshoni yotsimikizira kuti amuna kapena akazi okhaokha atha kutayidwa chilolezo chachipatala. Izi ndizofunikira chifukwa kusakhala ndi mwayi wololeza kutsimikizira kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi kungakhudze kwambiri achinyamata opatsirana, thanzi, komanso malingaliro. (Zambiri apa: Ogwira Ntchito ku Trans Akuyitanitsa Aliyense Kuti Ateteze Kupeza Chithandizo Cha Amuna Kapena Akazi)

Kodi tanthauzo latsopano la Gawo 1557 lingakhudze bwanji malamulowa? Akadali TBD. Akuluakulu a Biden adauza izi New York Times kuti akugwira ntchito pamalamulo ambiri omwe amafotokoza zipatala, madokotala, ndi inshuwaransi zaumoyo zomwe zakhudzidwa ndi momwe zimakhalira. (Pakadali pano, ngati muli trans kapena gawo la gulu la LGBTQ + ndipo mukufuna thandizo, National Center for Transgender Equality ili ndi zidziwitso zothandiza komanso zothandizira kuphatikiza maupangiri othandizira, buku lotsogolera zaumoyo, ndi likulu lazidziwitso, akuti Dr. O'Melia.)

"Ntchito ya dipatimenti yathu ndi kupititsa patsogolo thanzi ndi moyo wa anthu onse aku America, mosasamala kanthu kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi kapena amuna kapena akazi. Anthu onse amafunika kupeza chithandizo chamankhwala kuti akonze fupa losweka, kuteteza thanzi la mtima wawo, ndikuwonetsa khansa. pachiwopsezo, "atero mlembi wa zaumoyo, a Rachel Levine, MD, munthu woyamba kusintha ma transgender kuti atsimikizidwe ndi Senate, polengeza HHS. "Palibe amene ayenera kusalidwa akafuna chithandizo chamankhwala chifukwa cha omwe ali."

Ndipo, mwamwayi, zomwe zachitika posachedwa ndi HHS zithandizira kuwonetsetsa kuti ndi momwe ziliri mtsogolo.

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