'What better way to honor the brave life and mourn the death of Aimee Stephens than a posthumous vindication of her right to be her true self at work and in the world?' Allison Hope writes for CNNOpinion
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"I have learned that life is an adventure and would like to believe that the best is yet to come," read the hopeful note Aimee Stephens sent to her employer in 2013 when she came out to them as transgender. It's not likely Stephens could have imagined the adventure -- good and unfortunate -- thrust upon her after that letter left her hands years ago, leading up to her final breath earlier this week, as she -- along with many others -- waited for America's highest court to rule on its first case featuring a transgender person -- her -- at the center. The question in that case: whether LGBTQ workers are covered by anti-discrimination law.
See confrontation between Carson and lawmaker over transgender rights 05:46Worse, the allowance of legal discrimination against LGBTQ Americans has extended to other arenas, including health care, as we've seen play out most recently through the Trump administration's quiet plans to unravel protections put in place under the Affordable Care Act.
Why transgender women face violence in the US 02:16Her wife set up a GoFundMe page to cover her end-of-life care and anticipated funeral expenses because of the lost earnings. On top of mourning the end of life and their partnership, Stephens and her wife had to also worry about how they were going to pay for her medical care. When her dialysis recently stopped working, Stephens went on hospice and passed away a couple of days later on May 12.
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