filed late last week by the silvia rivera law project and other groups, the lawsuit challenges a 1998egulation which prevents transgender people from accessing sex reassignment surgery, hormones, and other forms of care. in this video produced by the silvia rivera law project and glaad, health care providers and transgender people talk about the importance of basic health coverage. known i've always wanted to move here. as a trans person, both hope i would be welcomed, but many people aren't because we don't have the basic health care coverage we need to survive. and other states, transgender people like myself are denied coverage for routine of basic care. >> every day people come into the silvia rivera law project because they've been denied the basic health care they need to survive. >> transgender people, like all people, are healthier when they get the medical care they need. is medicallycine national syria intervention. many people believe that doing providing hormones for trans patient is cosmetic, but as medical provider, i can tell you how crucial it is for the health and liv

the shift follows a decade-long campaign of the silvia rivera law project and other groups, who say itill help transgender people access ids which accurately reflect their gender and overcome barriers to jobs, housing, and services. however, the change currently excludes prisoners, youth, and people born in new york city. six eight, along with washington, d.c., to lift the surgery requirement. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president barack obama said thursday he would make "no apologies" for agreeing to a prisoner swap to free sergeant bowe bergdahl in exchange for five guantÁnamo detainees. >> i'm never surprised by controversy whipped up in washington. that is par for the course. but i will repeat what i said two days ago. we have a basic principle. we do not leave anybody wearing the american uniform behind. war whoserisoner of , and wead deteriorated were deeply concerned about it. we