Berkeley health plan adds 'fertility preservation,' laser hair removal for transgender students - The College Fix

Berkeley health plan adds 'fertility preservation,' laser hair removal for transgender students - The College Fix:
"UC Berkeley’s SHIP, the Student Health Insurance Plan, will add two new benefits for transgender students beginning next month: fertility preservation and laser hair removal.

According to SHIP Manager Bahar Navab, the former is necessary as hormones used to treat gender dysmorphia — “the common diagnosis of individuals whose gender assigned at birth does not match their gender identity” — can lead to fertility issues.

The latter “provides a less painful, less frequent method of hair removal,” she says, and is one of the “critically important and often under-supported treatments for transfeminine people.”
According to The Daily Californian, last year SHIP expanded its transgender benefits to include “male-to-female top surgery.”..."