On This Date in Minnesota History: April 3

April 3, 2012 – “A Red Wing [Minn.] resident who underwent a sex-change operation to become a woman and then married a man is entitled to medical benefits under her husband’s health plan,” Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis ruled in Minneapolis. According to the judge, “the health plan administrator for a United Parcel Service employee erred when it denied coverage to his transgender spouse on the theory that Minnesota law bars same-sex marriages. Judge Davis found that Minnesota law recognizes a married person’s [gender] when the marriage takes place.”

Star Tribune; “Health plan can’t deny wife coverage due to sex change”; Minneapolis, Minn.; April 5, 2012; p. A1.

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