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 Kris Hayashi | Jan 12, 2017 | Featured, Identification, Immigration, Legal, Movement Building, Policy, Positively Trans, Prisons and Policing, Public Accommodations, Violence, Youth
[two_fifth] [/two_fifth] From state legislation targeting trans youth to a White House targeting Muslims, immigrants, people of color, women, people with disabilities and so many other members of our community, we know that 2017 will be a cruel and difficult year for...
by admin | Dec 22, 2016 | Featured, Identification, Resources
Last week, we held a webinar on changing federal identity documents, as there is a lot of anxiety and concern in the community around access to those processes under a Trump administration. Federal IDs include passports, immigration paperwork, and Social Security...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Identification, Legal, Policy, Resources, Uncategorized
A lot of people have been wondering how the recent election might affect their ability to legally change their name and gender and update their documents. While we know that we are the only ones who ultimately define our genders, having state-issued documents that...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Cases, Featured, Identification, Immigration, Legal, Press Releases
Discriminatory Law Prohibits Non-Citizens from Obtaining a Change of Legal Name Click here to sign a petition in support of changing this discriminatory law! (Indianapolis, IN) — A transgender man prohibited from changing his legal name because of his immigration...
