Tennessee Sued Over Assault on TransHealth Care

An article appearing in The Advocate about the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund suing Tennessee over the exclusion of transition-related care from the state's health insurance plan included a statement by Darren Teshima, who is part of the Covington team handling the suit with TLDEF, along with other attorneys.

Darren stated, “Federal laws protect transgender people from workplace discrimination on the basis of sex. This lawsuit seeks to ensure that the State of Tennessee and its affiliates stop wrongfully excluding medically necessary transition-related care from their employee health care plans. Covington is very proud to partner with our co-counsel and clients in this important work.”