Who Wants To Go Back To School?

[Guest MarciPA]

The following is a news article that my GT sent to me yesterday. I found it a HUGE step in the right direction.

U. of Pennsylvania Adds Transgender Surgery to Student Insurance Plan

The University of Pennsylvania will begin offering insurance coverage in the fall for sex-change surgeries, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian, joining a group of about 30 other colleges nationwide. Students’ insurance at the university, provided by Aetna, will cover up to $50,000 of the cost of surgery and will also cover psychotherapy and hormone treatment. A student member of the Lambda Alliance, a group that promotes the issues of what it calls “gender and sexual minorities,” told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the next step would be to extend access to the transgender-surgery coverage to the university’s staff.

This was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education

I didn't think we were permitted to link things here or I would have linked the entire article. I'm just glad that some places are serious about rights for all of us.

M~

[Guest My_Genesis]

I didn't think we were permitted to link things here or I would have linked the entire article. I'm just glad that some places are serious about rights for all of us.

M~

That is cool! I believe the UC school system are doing that as well?

You can link things so long as they are appropriate

[Guest Donna Jean]

I've been seeing that for a couple of days now....

It's important....Link it...ok?

Donna Jean

[Guest MarciPA]

I've been seeing that for a couple of days now....

It's important....Link it...ok?

Donna Jean

Per your wishes DJ...here is the link!

http://thedp.com/article/u-adds-transgender-insurance

This IS very important

M~