by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | Detention Project, Press Releases, Prisons and Policing
Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi issued the following statement about the news today that President Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence: “We thank President Obama for recognizing that Chelsea Manning deserves to be free. In its...
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 | Aug 16, 2016 | Detention Project, Featured, Legal, Policy, Prisons and Policing, Uncategorized
On June 1, 2016, after months of abusive treatment while in custody in a San Francisco jail, Athena Cadence decided to take matters into her own hands. She declared a hunger strike, refusing to eat until the San Francisco Sheriff allowed transgender women to be housed...
by admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Featured, Federal, Immigration, Legal, Movement Building, Prisons and Policing, Resources, Violence
Lea este blog en Español aqui Written By: Tasha Amezcua (The Audre Lorde Project), Ejeris Dixon (Vision Change Win Consulting), Marisa Franco (Mijente), Elliot Fukui (Transgender Law Center) The massacre in Orlando was a dramatic punctuation of what is now a clear...
by admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Español, Featured, Federal, Immigration, Legal, Movement Building, Prisons and Policing, Resources, Violence
Read this post in English here Escrito Por: Tasha Amezcua (The Audre Lorde Project), Ejeris Dixon (Vision Change Win Consulting), Marisa Franco (Mijente), Elliot Fukui (Transgender Law Center) La masacre en Orlando fue una puntuación dramática de lo que ahora es una...
by admin | May 24, 2016 | Detention Project, Prisons and Policing, Resources
Transgender Law Center is proud to join the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and the Center for American Progress (CAP), along with several other partner organizations, in releasing a new report today offering a snapshot of how the U.S. criminal justice system fails...
