FILE - Lambda Legal lawyer Taylor Brown addresses reporters on March 11, 2019, in Durham, N.C., to announce a lawsuit arguing that North Carolina's health plan for state employees discriminates by not covering hormone treatment and surgery for transgender people. The state employee health plan will resume coverage of gender affirming treatments for transgender employees, the state treasurer said Wednesday, July 13, 2022, complying with a June federal court ruling that declared the refusal of coverage unconstitutional. (AP Photo/ Jonathan Drew, File)