Diversidad Sin Fronteras has reported that Johana Medina, a transgender woman from El Salvador, has died in ICE custody in a hospital in El Paso, Texas. Kris Hayashi, executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures, issued the following […]
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LGBTQ migrants gather in D.C. two days before anniversary of Roxsana Hernandez’s death in ICE custody WATCH Congressional Briefing Here. WATCH #JusticeForRoxana Press Conference Here. (Washington, D.C.) – Today, formerly detained transgender migrants and advocates for the community met with members of Congress and their staff to shine a light on the unique challenges trans and Black LGBTQ migrants face. “The […]
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Denial of health care, dire economic conditions, and violence mark Southern trans experience – along with deep traditions of resistance and resilience (Atlanta, GA) – Today, Transgender Law Center and Southerners On New Ground (SONG), through their joint TLC@SONG program, released the findings of their 2017 survey of transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming (TGNC) Southerners. […]
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule in effect allowing medical providers’ personal beliefs to dictate patient care. Kris Hayashi, executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their […]
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Incomplete NM OMI autopsy report ignores troubling details regarding Roxsana’s care while in custody
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(Albuquerque, NM) – Transgender Law Center celebrated this morning that Christina Lopez, a transgender woman from Peru and a survivor of human trafficking, has secured a special visa and will be released from immigration detention later today. She was first detained by immigration officials in 2014, and has spent the bulk of her years since […]
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Transgender Law Center (TLC) and Mijente celebrate the leadership of Isa Noyola as she announces today her transition from her role as Deputy Director at TLC to a new role as Deputy Director at the national digital and grassroots hub for Latinx and Chicanx organizing, Mijente and Mijente Support Committee. “Isa is a phenomenal leader, […]
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Independent Autopsy Report Reveals Roxsana Hernandez’s Death Largely Preventable Video from press conference embedded on right San Diego – Today Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free announced that they have filed a Notice of Wrongful Death Tort Claim in New Mexico, the first step in holding all parties responsible […]
View ArticleTransgender Law Center is concerned by reports that Danni Askini, a transgender woman, U.S. citizen, and prominent community advocate from Washington State, has been denied a passport renewal by the U.S. State Department. Danni is currently in Sweden and if forced to return to the United States, Danni worries that the U.S. would place her […]
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