(New York, NY) – Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo granted a rare pardon to Lorena Borjas, a transgender Latina woman and well-known advocate who has helped countless transgender women like herself survive trafficking and other abusive situations. Lorena was at high risk of deportation due to old convictions from when she herself was being […]
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TLC wins BIA (Board of Immigration Appeal) appeal for remand for trans immigrant to apply for asylum
(Virginia) – Late last week, Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, won an appeal of the U.S. government’s order of removal for Marianna, a transgender woman who emigrated from Mexico almost 20 years ago. In the appeal, TLC argued that the government violated Marianna’s due process, guaranteed […]
View ArticleGroundbreaking Legislation to Honor Dignity of Transgender People in Prison Is Signed Into Law by Governor Brown
(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 co-authored by Senator Beall, Senator Wiener, Assemblymember Chiu, Assemblymember Garcia, Assemblymember Gloria, and […]
View ArticleCA Gov. Brown signs Gender Recognition Act creating nonbinary gender marker
(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 Atkins and Scott Wiener and sponsored by Transgender Law Center and Equality California, the Gender Recognition […]
View ArticleGroundbreaking 7th Circuit Ruling in Favor of Ash Whitaker, Transgender Student Seeking Access to Correct Bathroom
(Chicago, May 30, 2017) Today, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a groundbreaking ruling in favor of Ash Whitaker, the transgender student plaintiff in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District. In a unanimous decision authored by Judge Ann Claire Williams, the court upheld the preliminary injunction, issued by a federal district court in September […]
View ArticleVictory! Court orders WI school to immediately halt discriminatory policy against transgender student
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 forcing him to use a restroom separate from all other students. […]
View ArticleVictory for South Carolina student suspended for using boys’ bathroom!
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 new policies to treat transgender students fairly. “We are so grateful and excited about […]
View ArticleVICTORY! Texas Woman Wins Settlement in Case Challenging Health Care Denial
Nicole Reed, a transgender woman and a long-time federal employee who works as an emergency dispatch operator in Texarkana, Texas, has won a settlement in her case challenging a health care denial. After her doctor recommended specific treatments for her gender dysphoria, she sought coverage for the procedures through her federal employee health benefit plan. Her […]
View ArticleVictory for student who faced locker room harassment
TLC, representing a.t. Furuya, reaches settlement with San Diego State University Transgender Law Center client a.t. Furuya won a settlement in his case against San Diego State University and its affiliate, Associated Students, for the harassment and discrimination he faced when using a locker room at SDSU’s Aztec Recreation Center (“ARC”). Under the settlement agreement, […]
View ArticleTLC Reaches Settlement in Case of Trailblazing Transgender Prisoner, Michelle Norsworthy
Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, a transgender woman who won a groundbreaking preliminary injunction from a federal district court in April 2015 ordering the state to provide her with gender-confirmation surgery, settled today with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Through today’s settlement, the state has dropped its request that the court vacate its April ruling and […]
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