For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ union members who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Dara Tep, RN of National Nurses United (NNU).
Dara Tep is a registered nurse at Keck Medicine of USC and member of California Nurses Association/NNOC, an affiliate of NNU. After getting stonewalled by insurance for coverage of her gender-affirming care, Tep rallied her union. Together, they sent a petition to management and won insurance approval for her health care.