(Los Angeles) BLMP, a project of Transgender Law Center, celebrated the release of Udoka Nweke, a 29 year-old gay Nigerian migrant, from Adelanto Detention Facility last Friday. Nweke arrived in the United States in December 2016. He presented himself to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at San Ysidro Port of Entry, where he asked […]
View Article(Washington, D.C.) – Last Saturday, the Trump Administration proposed a new rule that, if implemented, would have devastating effects on some of the most vulnerable people in the United States. Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following response from deputy director Isa Noyola: “This administration […]
View Article(San Francisco, CA) – Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, is thrilled to announce that this year’s Claire Skiffington Vanguard Awardee for SPARK! 2018 will be star actress Laverne Cox. “Laverne has not only broken barriers and charted new paths in Hollywood, but she has remained a […]
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(Laredo, Texas) – This last weekend, Texas law enforcement captured Juan David Ortiz, a Border Patrol agent who confessed to murdering several women. Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following response from deputy director Isa Noyola: “We are horrified by the news that a Border […]
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(Denver, Colorado) – Last Friday, Transgender Law Center and co-counsel from the law firm of King & Greisen LLP filed an amended complaint on behalf of Lindsay Saunders-Velez, a 20-year-old Black transgender woman incarcerated by the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC). The amended complaint adds a retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and alleges […]
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Today we learned that Londonn Moore Kinard, a 20-year-old Black trans woman, was murdered earlier this week in North Port, Florida. We mourn Londonn’s murder as we continue to mourn and process the recent deaths of Dejanay Stanton in Illinois, Vontashia Bell in Louisiana, and Shantee Tucker in Pennsylvania – all young Black trans women […]
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Today, Transgender Law Center, Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project – BLMP, and Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement are hosting a rally and march that will center how Black and brown trans and queer people are uniquely impacted by immigration detention and demand an end to detention for all vulnerable people. In particular, we are uplifting our […]
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This evening, Trump announced Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States. Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following response from deputy director Isa Noyola: “Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court is a divisive, […]
View ArticleOn Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions continued a disturbing trend of abusing Department of Justice authority to attempt to rewrite American immigration law. He took over a case from the Board of Immigration Appeals and issued his own decision, declaring survivors of domestic violence to be ineligible for asylum in the United States. By referring […]
View ArticleTransgender man seeks right to sue over law prohibiting non-citizens from obtaining a change of legal name (Indianapolis, IN) — A transgender man who is challenging an Indiana state law that bars immigrants from obtaining a change of legal name is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal trial court’s decision to dismiss […]
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