companies pay for gender-reassignment surgery for employees, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.Īmy Jie, a product director at Grindr, helped craft the new benefits after having a humiliating experience transitioning while covered under a different employer’s health plan, Time magazine reported. Currently, however, such coverage remains a rarity among corporations - only 6% of U.S. Other companies, including Starbucks, IBM and Kaiser Permanente, also cover gender reassignment surgery under their health plans. Raquel Willis on her new series about the transgender community Phalloplasty could cost upwards of $150,000, according to. One estimate lists male-to-female transition surgery at more than $25,000. Gender reassignment surgery costs thousands of dollars and can get more expensive depending on whether the procedure focuses on the top half or lower half of the body. The company launched in 2009 and has roughly 12 million users.
The benefits, which took effect in mid-April, impact Grindr’s 150 full-time employees. “We hope we can work with other companies to help them follow suit,” she said.