“With this settlement, transgender patients entering St. Joseph’s Healthcare System are assured they will continue to receive the medications previously prescribed for the treatment of gender dysphoria.”
(NEWARK, NJ, January 5, 2017) – Today Lambda Legal announced it has filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Paterson, New Jersey, after the hospital refused to allow Jionni Conforti’s surgeon to perform a routine hysterectomy because Jionni is transgender.