The UC Santa Cruz administration officially accepted a joint proposal of the Graduate Student Association, UAW and STIHC (Students for Trans-Inclusive Healthcare) for GSHIP (Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan) and USHIP (Undergraduate Student Health Insurance Plan) benefits. Effective this fall, GSHIP and USHIP will include a $75,000 lifetime benefit for transgender healthcare.

This is a significant achievement, since GSHIP at UC Santa Cruz will offer a larger benefit than at any other UC or at Stanford or Caltech. In the face of major budget cuts, UAW-QUAD (UAW Members for Quality Education and Democracy) not only held the line on health care -- they got a major improvement in coverage. GSHIP coverage will now be more fair and it will help more graduate students. Read More