SAN FRANCISCO — California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has issued guidance clarifying the obligations of California’s health plans under the Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act. In a groundbreaking directive to health plans, the DMHC confirmed that California’s Insurance Non-Discrimination Act of 2006, authored by former Assemblymember Paul Koretz, guarantees all people the right to…
SAN DIEGO – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has appointed Michael M. Sonduck as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. The selection process was conducted with consultation from the Jewish Federation of North America’s Mandel Center for Leadership Excellence. Sonduck, who lives in La Jolla with his partner David Zeligson, has been…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Rebecca Juro, 50, has been unemployed for the last four years and she can’t help but think it’s because she’s transgender. She has applied for almost 100 jobs and has gone on close to 20 interviews, but there have been no offers. No one says they aren’t hiring her because she’s…
Feb. 6 2003, I went to my place of employment as Autumn for the first time. As many already know, I served in the U.S. Navy from 1980 through 2000. I’m a retired, disabled, Persian Gulf War veteran; my disabilities are service connected and my Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability rating is 100 percent….
(CNN) — A group of former service members who left the military because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy will get the full separation pay they were denied, according to a recent $2.4 million court settlement. The settlement was announced this week by the American Civil Liberties Union who sued the U.S. government on…
A video that apparently shows a transgender woman’s three-year transition from male to female. The publisher of the video writes, “This video is of me going through a three-year transition (roughly one thousand pictures). I have had FFS (facial feminization surgery) during the process. I started roughly around when I was 20 – 21 years…
