One More Problem Faced by Transgender New Yorkers: Food Insecurity

[stephaniec]

One More Problem Faced by Transgender New Yorkers: Food Insecurity

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/11/21/transgender_new_yorkers_poorer_more_food_insecure_than_non_trans_residents.html 🔗

Slate/By Andrea Majanik Bowen    11/21/2015

"The last year has seen some of the most hopeful transgender policy developments ever to come out of New York state. At the end of 2014, the state ended the practice of transgender exclusions—language barring coverage of transgender health care needs—in private health insurance. In March, the state lifted its ban on provision of transition-related care under Medicaid. And just last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he would use the regulatory process to provide long-sought discrimination protections for transgender people."

[Dee Marshall]

I took that survey. While my situation is nowhere near as dire as some, much of what they say does apply.