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This summer, the Portland City Council
About 100 people are expected at the lead­
unanimously approved a health care plan op­ ership summit, a daylong event that includes
tion that covers sex reassignment surgery for lessons on various topics, from trans health
care issues to activism.
transgender city employees.
Some sessions are meant to help trans indi­
Now, Portland is one o f five municipalities
in the country that off ers the trinity o f trans­ viduals navigate the system to get health care.
gender health care benefits: counseling, hor­ Nineteen percent of trans people report being
mone therapy and surgery.
refused medical care due
to their transgender or
Multnomah County and
gender non-conforming
the city and county o f San
status, according to num­
Francisco had already of­
bers from the National
fered the coverage. The
city o f Seattle announced
Center for Transgender
October 7 it would add
Equality and the National
transgender surgery to its
Gay and Lesbian Task
health plan next year. This
Force. Trans people are
also unemployed at double
is in addition to several
businesses— including
the rate o f the general
population.
Nike, Google and Micro­
soft— that offer the cover­
Some programs will
age. The health care is
provide education about
supported by the Ameri­
topics like health care for
“M o s t p e o p le e v e n in th e
can Medical Association
trans children and the
L G B c o m m u n ity d o n ’t ev en
as medically necessary.
disparities that exist be­
Rut staff at Basic Rights h a v e an a w a re n e s s of tran s
tween trans and non-
Oregon, who led the charge
trans people.
issues, so it’s a lot of w o rk.
for trans-inclusive health
“Most people even in
care in Portland, want to It’s a lot of o u tre a c h . It’s not the LGB community
take the issue statewide. g o in g to b e an yth in g q u ic k .” don’t even have an aware­
The nonprofit is holding a
ness o f trans issues,”
-JOE L e BLANC
Trans Justice Health Care
LeBlanc says, “so it’s a lot
Summit October 29 at Q_Center in hopes it of work. It’s a lot o f outreach. I t’s not going
can rally troops to get trans health care dis­ to he anything quick.”
crimination banned in Oregon.
O ther sessions will focus on activism:
“Overall, we want to magnify the trans how to lobby legislators and approach busi­
community and get them involved in this nesses with trans health care issues. LeBlanc
campaign,” says Joe LcBlanc, who as a part of says BRO doesn’t have concrete plans for its
BRO’s trans justice working group is organiz­ state health care crusade, but its general
ing the effort.
strategy is to target businesses, cities and
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