County officials spend $1.2m to avoid paying for trans woman’s healthcare

A county in the US state of Georgia reportedly spent at least $1.2 million just to prevent paying for a trans woman’s gender-affirming care. Officials in Houston County Georgia deemed the affirming healthcare for deputy sheriff Anna Lange was too expensive for it to. cover – but spent more than a million dollars on private lawyers to prevent her treatment. Lange had worked for the Houston County Sheriff’s Office for over 10 years when she came out to colleagues in 2017. She then requested gender-affirmation surgery under her health insurance...