Gender Dysphoria Is an ADA-protected Disability

Employers take note: Gender identity disorder is not an ADA-protected disability, but gender dysphoria is. That’s what a federal appellate court said in a case involving a transgender woman who was housed in a men’s detention unit and denied access to her prescribed hormones. She suffered from gender dysphoria, which is a disability causing clinically significant distress and other disabling symptoms. According to the court, some but not all individuals who are transgender experience gender dysphoria. #IdeaoftheDay