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As reported this week an article appearing in them.<\/a>\u2014a Cond\u00e9 Nast publication devoted to “the lens of today\u2019s LGBTQ community”\u2014the Seattle-based international coffee brand Starbucks is said to have just adopted the \u201cmost comprehensive trans health policy in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the article, the new policy is a \u201cdirect parallel\u201d with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health<\/a>\u2019s (WPATH) international recommendations for trans healthcare. This is the result of Starbucks working directly with WPATH to create the new benefits package, expanding the company\u2019s trans benefits that have included gender reassignment surgery since 2012. The new packages, called \u201cStarbucks Transgender Medical Benefits,\u201d extends to \u201clifetime coverage for everything from hair graft and voice therapy to facial feminization and breast augmentation\u2014services considered vital for transgender healthcare but often listed as \u2018cosmetic\u2019 and not covered by health insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n Per the article, Starbucks is the first company to approach WPATH about turning their Standards of Care<\/a>\u2014a 120-page document list of care guidelines and provider recommendations\u2014into a corporate policy. Much like with their findings that led the company to 100% pay equity, Starbucks is hoping to share these new policies created in tandem with WPATH with other employers looking to provide more trans-inclusive benefits.<\/p>\n For more information on the Starbucks Transgender Medical Benefits, the company’s announcement can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Top image via Starbucks.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Starbucks Announces Expansive New Trans Healthcare Policy<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As reported this week an article appearing in them.\u2014a Cond\u00e9 Nast publication devoted to “the lens of today\u2019s LGBTQ community”\u2014the Seattle-based international coffee brand Starbucks is said to have just…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,41],"tags":[63,45,65,47,61,49,59,67,55,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}