by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | California, Featured, Policy, Press Releases, Public Accommodations
(Sacramento, CA)—California Governor Jerry Brown today signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1732, authored by Asm. Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Equality California, the Transgender Law Center and California National Organization of Women (NOW). AB 1732...
by admin | Sep 20, 2016 | Cases, Featured, Legal, Press Releases, Public Accommodations, TLC Victory, Uncategorized, Whitaker, Youth
Click here to view legal documents, photos of Ash, and more about the history of this case. (Kenosha, WI) – A federal court today ruled that a Wisconsin school must immediately halt its discriminatory policy of singling out a transgender boy, Ashton Whitaker, and...
by admin | May 4, 2016 | Featured, Federal, Policy, Public Accommodations, Uncategorized
In a strongly worded letter to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, the U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that North Carolina remedy HB2’s violations of federal law by Monday — or lose millions of dollars in federal funding. The letter comes after...
by admin | May 4, 2016 | Featured, Policy, Public Accommodations
Today, the town of Oxford, Alabama voted 3-2 to repeal the infamous ordinance they passed last week making it a crime — punishable by a $500 fine or six months in jail — to use a bathroom not matching the gender on your birth certificate. The repeal comes...
by admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Featured, Legal, Public Accommodations, TLC Victory, Youth
Today, a week after Transgender Law Center sent a demand letter on behalf of a transgender student who was suspended for using the bathroom matching his gender identity, Horry County Schools reversed course on school policies around bathroom use and agreed to adopt...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Featured, Legal, Press Releases, Public Accommodations, Whitaker, Youth
Transgender student Ash Whitaker won initial battle with school over prom king run, but still barred from using restrooms matching his gender identity April 20, 2016 — Transgender Law Center sent a letter to the Kenosha Unified School District yesterday...
