personal beliefs on homosexuality or gender.In a statement, officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will interpret and enforce prohibitions on sex-based discrimination contained in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in a way that would protect members of the LGBTQ community who are denied health care services or insurance coverage for medically necessary care.