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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In response to the Trump administration’s latest attack on migrants, executive director Kris Hayashi of Transgender Law Center (TLC), 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 statement: Yesterday, President Trump in effect ordered violence and a possible death […]
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Yesterday, the people of Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly to uphold rights for transgender people, making history as the first state to approve non-discrimination protections for trans people by public vote. “Last night’s historic victory in Massachusetts is a bright point in this incredibly dark and painful time for our communities, demonstrating the power of a campaign […]
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In just one week, our country experienced the hate-motivated massacres of Jewish elders in a synagogue and Black elders in a grocery store, attempted bombings of multiple critics of Trump, and the news that this administration is working to erase our very existence as trans, nonbinary, and intersex people. Last week was a devastating […]
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Join BLMP for a webinar discussing these attacks at 3pm PT/5pm CT/6pm ET on Tuesday, October 30: http://bit.ly/BLMPTRANS (Washington, D.C.) In an interview for Axios on HBO, President Donald Trump announced his plans to end birthright citizenship through an executive order. Progressive legal organizations swiftly responded to the news by promising to challenge these xenophobic attacks […]
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With news leaking Sunday of a Trump administration memo that would seek to erase transgender, intersex, and non-binary people, it’s been a devastating week for many in our community. But last Thursday, at Transgender Law Center’s SPARK! gala, our Vanguard Awardee and star actress Laverne Cox gave a speech that inspired and rallied us — […]
View Article Laverne coxOn Sunday, The New York Times reported on a memo drafted by the Trump administration that could lead to regulatory attempts to define gender as “a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth.” NYT outlined how the memo, drafted by HHS, will pave the way for a violent attack on the rights of transgender and gender nonconforming communities in accessing comprehensive healthcare […]
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Kris Hayashi, executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following statement concerning the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “In the wake of clear and harrowing evidence that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted multiple women, the Senate’s decision to force […]
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(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 […]
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