City of Chicago to cover employees’ gender reassignment surgeries

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Transgender city employees and their dependents will soon get $100,000 in costs tied to their gender reassignment surgeries covered by taxpayer-subsidized city health insurance, under a groundbreaking mayoral order disclosed Wednesday.

After the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made same-sex marriage legal across the nation, one of five openly gay aldermen urged Chicago to turn its attention to the rights of transgender people and consider requiring “gender-neutral” washrooms in public places.

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