Two state employees and a public school media clerk are suing the state of Georgia, saying state health insurance illegally discriminates by refusing to pay for gender-transition health care.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday by Micha Rich, Benjamin Johnson and an anonymous state employee suing on behalf of her adult child.
They argue Georgia’s State Health Benefit Plan, which insures more than 660,000 state government and public school employees and retirees, is breaking federal law.
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