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Arizona agrees to pay for gender-affirming surgery for state employees

Lux Butler Cronkite News//October 9, 2023//[read_meter]

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Arizona agrees to pay for gender-affirming surgery for state employees

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Arizona legislators said they are “disappointed” that the state has agreed to pay for gender-affirming surgeries for state employees in a consent decree that settles years of class action litigation by a University of Arizona professor. (File photo by Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola/Cronkite News)

Arizona agrees to pay for gender-affirming surgery for state employees

Lux Butler Cronkite News//October 9, 2023//[read_meter]

Arizona legislators said they are “disappointed” that the state has agreed to pay for gender-affirming surgeries for state employees in a consent decree that settles years of class action litigation...

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