US federal employees file complaint against Trump’s anti-transgender policy

A group of federal government employees in the United States have complained to the administration of President Donald Trump about a new law that would eliminate gender-affirming care from federal health insurance programs.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, acting on behalf of the federal employees, filed the complaint on Thursday at the beginning of the new year.

The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was named a defendant.

The OPM stated in a letter from August that federal employees and US postal workers would no longer be covered by the federal government’s health insurance programs if they underwent chemical and surgical sex traits modification through medical interventions as of 2026.

OPM officials couldn’t be reached for comment right away.

The complaint contends that the policy is sexist in nature. It requests payment for economic damages as well as other financial relief as well as the policy’s rescindation.

The foundation stated that plaintiffs will file class action lawsuits in federal court if the OPM is not resolved.

In a separate legal dispute over Trump’s attempts to end legal protections for transgender people, a group of Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration last month to stop the administration’s proposed rules restricting children’s access to gender-affirming care.

Robert F. Kennedy, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, has proposed regulations that would prohibit the Children’s Health Insurance Program from paying for it.