Late Friday, BuzzFeed reported that the Trump administration erased federal Bureau of Prisons rules intended to address the health and safety of incarcerated transgender people. These rules, grounded firmly in the Prison Rape Elimination Act signed by George W. Bush, were an attempt to reduce the violence, harassment, abuse and sexual assault that transgender and […]
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TLC condemns illegal HHS rule granting ‘license to discriminate’
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Trump-Pence administration announced a new rule to allow medical providers to illegally discriminate against patients based on who they are, as long as the providers cite religion. Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following statement […]
View ArticleTLC condemns passage of “devastating” tax bill
Transgender Law Center (TLC) issued the following statement from executive director Kris Hayashi condemning today’s passage of the GOP tax bill, which will decimate health care, education, social services, and innumerable programs that many transgender people rely on. Trump, whose signature is the last remaining step for the bill to become law, has indicated he […]
View ArticleTransgender Law Center files amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Masterpiece case
(Oakland, CA) – Yesterday, Transgender Law Center joined organizations across the country in filing a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to reject discrimination as it considers Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The brief, submitted by Transgender Law Center and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on behalf of Transgender Law Center, […]
View ArticleDOJ continues license-to-discriminate campaign with alarming new memo
Today, the Department of Justice issued a broad memo instructing federal agencies to grant government contractors and grantees religious exemptions from federal non-discrimination law. Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi issued the following response: “Just one day after announcing the government would refuse to uphold the law when it comes to protecting transgender workers, […]
View ArticleIn “vicious” memo, DOJ encourages illegal discrimination against transgender workers
Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo stating that the Department of Justice will reverse itself and, in contradiction to established law, no longer interpret Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as protecting transgender worker from discrimination. Kris Hayashi, executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for […]
View ArticleTLC issues resources to prepare trans immigrants for ICE raids
Today, Transgender Law Center released two resources in English and Spanish for immigrants in the transgender community to know their rights in the case of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This follows the Trump administration’s reversal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on Tuesday, leaks of a planned and allegedly canceled “mega” raid, and months of increased targeting of immigrant communities.
View ArticleTLC responds to morning tweets and condemns Trump’s attacks on transgender people
Following tweets this morning from President Trump on transgender military service, Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi issued the following statement: “President Trump today tweeted highly inaccurate and offensive statements about transgender people, citing the ‘disruption’ our existence creates to try to set military policy. Sadly, this is just one in a series of […]
View ArticleExecutive Order and Health Care Bill are Attacks on Transgender People
From TLC executive director Kris Hayashi: Last week, as the House of Representatives passed President Trump’s dangerous bill undermining the Affordable Care Act, the President signed a so-called “religious liberty” Executive Order that attempts to chip away at the Constitution’s separation of church and state and encourages government agencies to discriminate. Since taking office, this […]
View ArticleI need you to #ShowUp4TransYouth
Transgender and gender nonconforming youth have faced decades of discrimination, harassment, verbal and physical assault, and isolation from our communities, yet we have always come out stronger. With a government that has tried to police everything from what we wear to which bathroom we use, trans youth need to remember the power we hold within […]
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