bill on March 8 that will protect transgender peoples’ rights to gender-affirming care.But there’s a catch: the legislation won’t take effect until July 1, 2060, more than 38 years in the future.The Gender Affirming Treatment Act (HB 2405) would “prohibit health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations” from excluding “gender affirming treatments” such as “cosmetic services when prescribed as medically necessary” in their coverage plans.The bill also specifically outlaws any medical discrimination on the basis of an individual’s gender identity.“The legislature finds that many transgender persons have experienced discriminatory treatment from health insurance providers when seeking coverage for gender affirming treatments,” the bill states in its opening sections. “While federal health care guidelines previously prohibited health insurance and health care providers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity, these protections have been largely rolled back.”The bill — in contrast to other governing bodies throughout the country — recognizes that the “arbitrary” refusal by medical insurers to cover gender affirming treatment is not “medically necessary” nor “evidence-based.” Additionally, the bill notes that transgender individuals denied such treatment are “at a higher risk of suicide and depression.”The bill passed the House by a vote of 49-2.
When the Bellamy Brothers Said No to Hollywood and Returned to Country Roots
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Michael Kosser Adapted from “Let Your Love Flow: The Life and Times of the Bellamy Brothers” by David Bellamy, Howard Bellamy, Michael Kosser. DarBella PublishingThe Bellamy Brothers, one of the most successful and celebrated brother duos in country music, with millions of records sold and decades of sold-out gigs on the road, always knew who they were and where they came from. Before they hit No.
1 on the pop singles chart in 1976 with “Let Your Love Flow” and later racked up 10 number one country hits among 25 top 10 scorers, David and Howard Bellamy were poverty ranchers and farmers from central Florida. Their father, Homer, supported his family as a hired hand punching cows for many of his neighbors. In high school, David’s band, the Accidents, played locally for what he recalls as “gas, beers, a couple of bucks and girls.” He says he never really thought much about any profession other than that of a musician.
“That’s all I knew how to do.”Howard was different. Like David, he’d been schooled on guitar chords by Homer, who moonlighted as a country musician at local parties and roadhouses. While David was playing the kinds of joints known around the country as skull orchards, Howard took a full-time job with a meat packing plant as a cattle buyer.
At the age of 19, he had a company car, an expense account and a decent salary for a kid his age. But he didn’t join the band.David followed his dreams. Howard followed his common sense.“Music didn’t mean anything less to me than it did to David; I just knew I had to make a living.
By then I was married. I’ve always had an income. David was always pointing in the direction of music, but he never really made any money out of it until his time came.”Colorfully enough, it was
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