Federal Workforce and Benefits

A group of federal employees, represented by the Human Rights Campaign, has filed a class complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission challenging a new Office of Personnel Management policy that, starting Jan. 1, 2026, eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal employee and U.S. Postal Service health plans. The filing alleges the policy is sex-based discrimination that will harm transgender workers and their families, citing specific cases including a Postal Service employee whose daughter’s prescribed puberty blockers and potential hormone therapy would no longer be covered, and it comes as the Trump administration advances broader efforts to restrict gender-affirming care, particularly for minors.