by admin | Oct 16, 2017 | California, Featured, Identification, Policy Desk, Press Releases, Prisons and Policing, TLC Victory
(Sacramento, CA) – Last night, for the first time in California history, legislation written by currently and formerly incarcerated transgender people was signed into law. Senate Bill 310 (the Name and Dignity Act), authored by Senator Toni Atkins of San Diego and...
by admin | Oct 16, 2017 | California, Featured, Identification, Policy Desk, Press Releases, TLC Victory
(Sacramento, CA) – Last night, Governor Brown signed into law SB 179, the Gender Recognition Act, which makes it easier for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people to obtain state-issued identity documents that reflect their gender. Authored by Senators Toni...
by Corinne Green | Sep 18, 2017 | California, Featured, Identification, Policy, Policy Desk
Last week, the California legislature sent SB179 to Governor Brown’s desk. The bill, called the Gender Recognition Act, establishes a nonbinary gender marker option on state identity documents and streamlines the gender marker change process for everyone. On the heels...
by admin | Feb 10, 2017 | California, Cases, Featured, Identification
a.t. furuya becomes fourth person in state to be recognized as a gender that is not “male” or “female” San Diego, CA – Today, a court granted a name and gender change to Transgender Law Center client a.t. furuya, making a.t. the fourth person in California and the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2017 | California, Featured, Identification, Press Releases
Sacramento—Senators Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) today announced legislation to enable more transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to obtain state-issued identity documents that accurately reflect their gender. The bill is...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | California, Featured, Policy, Press Releases, Public Accommodations
(Sacramento, CA)—California Governor Jerry Brown today signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1732, authored by Asm. Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Equality California, the Transgender Law Center and California National Organization of Women (NOW). AB 1732...
