The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF), together with the law firm Correia & Puth, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), challenging a policy that strips gender-affirming healthcare coverage from federal employees' insurance plans. The suit argues that an OPM directive instructing insurers to deny coverage for gender transition treatments amounts to sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and is being brought on behalf of federal workers and their families who have lost this cover. HRCF president Kelley Robinson said the policy was "not about cost or care" but aimed at pushing transgender people out of the federal workforce.

The policy affects the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) and Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) programmes, which together cover millions of federal workers, retirees and their dependants. Loss of coverage took effect from 1 January 2026, and HRCF had earlier filed a related complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before escalating to this formal class action, filed this week. The lawsuit does not specify exact numbers affected but describes "untold numbers" of federal employees and family members losing access to care as a result of the change.