Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard oral argument in an appeal brought by Houston County, Georgia seeking to reverse a district court decision that the Sheriff’s Office violated federal law when it denied transgender-related health care to Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) client, Anna Lange.
“Houston County’s choice to waste time and resources on this appeal with the hope of continuing a blatantly unequal policy is shameful,” said plaintiff Anna Lange. “Their persistence is a slap in the face to my decades of public service, however I’m not just standing up for me, but for all transgender Southerners who deserve equal access to life-saving transition-related care.”
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