by Anna Castro | May 17, 2019 | Featured, Federal, Policy, Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, a historic bill that clarifies and bolsters existing nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people. The Equality Act now moves to the Senate for consideration. Kris Hayashi,...
by admin | May 2, 2019 | Featured, Federal, Health, Legal, Press Releases
(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...
by admin | Sep 24, 2018 | Featured, Federal, Policy, Policy Desk, Press Releases
(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...
by admin | Jul 9, 2018 | Featured, Federal, Legal, Press Releases
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...
by Aurielle Lucier | May 11, 2018 | Featured, Federal, Policy, Press Releases
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,...
by admin | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Federal, Health, Legal, Policy, Press Releases
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...
