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Ukuya kudokotela kungaba yinto esengozini enkulu futhi ecindezelayo kunoma ngubani. Manje, ake ucabange ukuthi ubuyiselwe isikhathi sodokotela kuphela ukuthi akwenqabele ukunakekelwa okufanele noma enze imibono esikushiye uzizwa ungamukeleki noma uthanda ukuthi ngeke ubathembe ngempilo yakho.

Lokho kuyiqiniso kubantu abaningi abashintsha ubulili kanye ne-LGBTQ+ (nabantu bemibala, ngaleyo ndaba) - futhi ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukamongameli kokugcina. Ngokujabulisayo, inqubomgomo entsha evela eMnyangweni Wezempilo Nezinsizakalo Zabantu wase-U.S. yathatha isinyathelo esikhulu ukushintsha lokho.

NgoMsombuluko, abaphathi beBiden bamemezele ukuthi i-transgender nabanye abantu be-LGBTQ + manje bavikelekile ekubandlululweni kwezokunakekelwa kwempilo, kusebenza ngokushesha. Lokhu kukhululwa kuza ngemuva konyaka umthetho wenkathi kaTrump wachaza “ucansi” njengobulili bemvelo kanye nobulili obabiwa ngesikhathi sokuzalwa, okusho ukuthi izibhedlela, odokotela, nezinkampani zomshwalense zingakwenqaba ukunakekelwa okufanele kubantu abashintsha ubulili. (Ngoba isikhumbuzi: Abantu bakwa-Trans bavame ukuhlonza ubulili obungebona ubulili babo bangempela lapho bezalwa.)

Kumgomo omusha, i-HHS icacisa ukuthi i-Affordable Care Act Isigaba 1557 ivimbela ukungabekezelelani noma ukucwaswa okususelwa "kubuhlanga, ibala, imvelaphi yezwe, ucansi (kufaka phakathi ezocansi kanye nobunikazi bobulili), ubudala, noma ukukhubazeka ezinhlelweni zemisebenzi ezihlanganisiwe noma imisebenzi. " Lokhu kwafakwa okokuqala ngo-2016 ngabaphathi baka-Obama, kodwa izinguquko ngaphansi kukaTrump ngo-2020 zanciphisa kakhulu ububanzi bokuvikela ngokuchaza "ucansi" njengomkhawulo wobulili bemvelo kanye nobulili obabelwa ngesikhathi sokuzalwa.

Lolu shintsho olusha oluvela ku-HHS lusekelwa yisinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme esiyingqopha-mlando esingu-6-3, IBostock vs. Clayton County, eyenziwe ngoJuni 2020, eyakhipha isinqumo sokuthi abantu be-LGBTQ+ bavikelekile kuhulumeni ekubandlululweni kwemisebenzi ngesisekelo sobunikazi babo bobulili kanye nokuthambekela kwabo ngokobulili. I-HHS ithi lesi sinqumo sisebenza nasekunakekelweni kwezempilo, okwaholela ekuchazweni kabusha kweSigaba 1557.

"INkantolo Ephakeme ikubeke kwacaca ukuthi abantu banelungelo lokungacwaswa ngokobulili futhi bathole ukuphathwa ngendlela efanayo ngaphansi komthetho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bangobani noma bathandwe kanjani ngokobulili," kusho unobhala we-HHS u-Xavier Becerra esitatimendeni esivela ku-HHS. HHS. "Ukwesaba ukucwaswa kungenza abantu bayeke ukunakekelwa, okungaba nemiphumela emibi kakhulu empilweni."

Isibonelo, kunhlolovo ka-2014 eyenziwe yiLambda Legal (inhlangano ye-LGBTQ + yezomthetho neyokumela), amaphesenti angama-70 abaphenduli nabangahambisani nobulili babika izehlakalo zabahlinzeki abenqaba ukunakekelwa, besebenzisa ulimi olunokhahlo, noma besola ubulili babo noma ubunikazi bobulili njenge imbangela yokugula, kanti amaphesenti angama-56 wabaphenduli bobungqingili, abesilisa nabesilisa nabesilisa abesilisa nabesifazane babika okufanayo. (Okuhlobene: Ngingumuntu omnyama, uQueer, noPolyamorous - Kungani Lokho Kubalulekile Kodokotela Bami?)

"Izinqubomgomo nemithetho evimbela ukunakekelwa okuqinisekisa ubulili kungaba yingozi empilweni kanye nasekuphepheni kwabantu abadlulise ubulili," kusho u-Anne Marie O'Melia, MD, isikhulu sezokwelapha ePathlight Mood nase-Anxiety Centre eTowson , EMaryland. "Isimo sesayensi, njengoba kufakazelwa imibono yezazi ezivumelanayo kanye nocwaningo olusafufusa, sithi kufanele kuyanwetshwa ukuhlinzwa okuqinisekisa ubulili, hhayi ukubakhawulela. Akubona bonke abantu be-transgender abadinga noma abafuna ukuhlinzwa, kepha siyazi ukuthi ukuhlinzwa okuqinisekisa ubulili kuhlotshaniswa nokunciphisa ukuhlupheka kulabo abakufunayo futhi abakwazi ukukukhetha. Ngokuqondile, ucwaningo lwamuva ku Ukuhlinzwa kweJAMA uthole ukuthi ukuhlinzwa okuqinisekisa ubulili kuhlotshaniswa nokwehla okuphawulekayo ekucindezelekeni kwengqondo kanye nasekucabangeni okuncane kokuzibulala. "(Okuhlobene: Lokho Abantu Abakutholayo Okungalungile Ngomphakathi WaseTrans, Ngokusho Kwezemfundo Yezocansi eTrans)

Ngemuva kwesimemezelo, uMongameli uBiden wabhala ku-Twitter: "Akekho okufanele anqatshelwe ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo ngenxa yokuthambekela kwakhe kwezocansi noma ubunikazi bobulili. Yingakho namhlanje, simemezele ukuvikelwa okusha ekubandlululweni kwezempilo. Kuwo wonke ama-LGBTQ+ aseMelika laphaya, ngifuna wazi: uMongameli ubambekile. "

Ukweseka abantu be-LGBTQ+ kungesinye sezithembiso zabaphathi be-Biden, futhi kubalulwe emthethweni wabo we-Equality Act, umthethosivivinywa ohlose ukuhlinzeka ngokuvikelwa okungaguquki nokucacile okulwa nokucwaswa kwabantu be-LGBTQ+ kuzo zonke izindawo ezibalulekile ezihlanganisa ukuqashwa, izindlu, izikweletu, imfundo, izindawo zomphakathi kanye izinsiza, izinhlelo ezixhaswe yi-federal, kanye nenkonzo yamajaji, ngokoMkhankaso Wamalungelo Abantu. Uma uphasisiwe, uMthetho Wezokulingana ungachibiyela uMthetho Wamalungelo Omphakathi wango-1964 ukuze ubandakanye ukuvimbela ubandlululo olususelwa ekuziphatheni ngokobulili nobunikazi bobulili.

Okwamanje, ezinye izifundazwe zisanda kubhala noma zaphasisa imithetho yazo ethinta intsha yentsha. NgoMashi 2021, uMississippi waphasisa i-Mississippi Fairness Act, umthetho othi abasubathi abangabafundi kufanele babambe iqhaza kwezemidlalo yesikole ngokobulili ababunikezwa ngesikhathi sokuzalwa, hhayi ubulili babo. Futhi ngo-Ephreli, i-Arkansas yaba yisifundazwe sokuqala sokunqabela ukwelashwa kanye nezinqubo zabantu abangama-transgender abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-18. ama-hormone ocansi, noma ukuhlinzekwa okuqinisekisa ubulili kungaholela ekulahlekelweni yilayisense yabo yezokwelapha. Lokhu kubalulekile ngoba ukungafinyeleli ekunakekelweni kwezempilo okuqinisekisa ubulili kungaba nomthelela omubi kabi ekushitsheni kwentsha ngokomzimba, kwezenhlalo nakwezempilo yengqondo. (Okwengeziwe lapha: Izishoshovu ZakwaTrans Zicela Wonke Umuntu Ukuvikela Ukufinyelela Ekunakekelweni Kwezempilo Okuqinisekisa Ubulili)

Ngabe incazelo entsha yeSigaba 1557 izoyithinta kanjani le mithetho yezwe? Kuseyi-TBD. Izikhulu zeBiden zitshele New York Times ukuthi basebenzela imithethonqubo ethe xaxa echaza ngqo ukuthi iziphi izibhedlela, odokotela, nabashuwalense bezempilo abathintekayo nokuthi kanjani. (Okwamanje, uma ungomunye noma uyingxenye yomphakathi we-LGBTQ+ futhi ufuna usizo, i-National Center for Transgender Equality inolwazi oluwusizo nezinsiza ezihlanganisa imihlahlandlela yokuzisiza, inkomba yezempilo, kanye nesikhungo somazisi, kusho UDkt. O'Melia.)

"Inhloso yoMnyango wethu ukuthuthukisa impilo nenhlalakahle yabo bonke abantu baseMelika, noma ngabe bangobani ubulili noma bathambekele kwezocansi. Bonke abantu badinga ukufinyelela ezinsizakalweni zezempilo ukulungisa ithambo eliphukile, ukuvikela impilo yenhliziyo yabo, nokuhlola umdlavuza. engozini, "kusho umsizi kanobhala wezempilo, uRachel Levine, MD, umuntu wokuqala obala obala ukuthi uzoqinisekiswa yiSenate, esimemezelweni se-HHS. "Akekho okufanele acwaswe uma efuna usizo lwezempilo ngenxa yokuthi ungubani."

Futhi, ngokubonga, izenzo zakamuva ezithathwe yi-HHS zizosiza ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi kunjalo ukuya phambili.

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