by Sue Yacka-Bible | Jul 23, 2020 | Featured, Identification, Immigration, Press Releases, TLC Victory
A Court of Appeals of Indiana has taken the final step in the process and certified a decision that a state name-change law does not require a petitioner to be a U.S. citizen to change their name. The ruling, issued last week, is now the guiding law in the state of...
by admin | May 31, 2018 | Cases, Featured, Identification, Press Releases
Transgender man seeks right to sue over law prohibiting non-citizens from obtaining a change of legal name (Indianapolis, IN) — A transgender man who is challenging an Indiana state law that bars immigrants from obtaining a change of legal name is asking the U.S....
by admin | Mar 20, 2018 | California, Featured, Identification
Since California passed SB 179, the Gender Recognition Act, our helpline has gotten numerous questions on what this means, when it goes into effect, and how people can update their driver’s licenses to nonbinary. You have questions; we have answers! Today we are...
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...