The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care.

The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care.

Gay and transgender people will be protected from discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, effectively reversing a Trump-era rule that went into effect last year.

"It is the position of the Department of Health and Human Services that everyone — including LGBTQ people — should be able to access health care, free from discrimination or interference, period.".

That decision last June came down just a few days after the Trump administration finalized a rule removing nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people in health care.

When that rule was finalized last year, LGBTQ people and advocates criticized the change, saying it could have a chilling effect on gay and transgender people seeking needed health care.

"With health care for transgender youth under attack by state legislatures, this move to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in health care is critical

The Biden administration has affirmed what courts have said for decades: Discrimination against LGBTQ people is against the law