President Joe Biden has reversed a Trump-era policy which allowed for healthcare professionals to discriminate against LGBTQ+ citizens, meaning queer Americans will now have legal protections when seeking healthcare.
According to The Independent, Trump’s regulations protected people from sex discrimination but defined sex to mean gender assigned at birth.
Subsequently, healthcare professionals could legally discriminate against trans and gender-diverse Americans.However, the Biden administration is now restoring protections for LGBTQ+ citizens after such regulations were first implemented by Obama. Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said in a statement: “Fear of discrimination can lead.