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Transgender Law Center Announces Digital Initiative to Amplify Fundraisers Through Calls For Mutual Aid
In the midst of rampant attacks on transgender community members’ livelihoods and access to healthcare, Transgender Law Center is announcing the launch of a digital initiative: FundMe Fridays.

Transgender Law Center and If/When/How’s Repro Defense Fund Announce the Trans Health Legal Fund
In the face of widespread attacks on transgender people’s bodily autonomy, Transgender Law Center and If/When/How’s Repro Legal Defense Fund are coming together to launch the Trans Health Legal Fund.

Mickaela Bradford and Mariah Moore Named New Co-Director of Policy and Programs at Transgender Law Center
Today Transgender Law Center is proud to celebrate the continued leadership of Mickaela Bradford (they/she) and Mariah Moore (she/her) as our Co-Directors of Policy and Programs. Moore and Bradford have over 20 years of organizing, advocacy, and leadership experience in LGBTQ and youth-led movements. They both previously served as TLC’s Co-Deputy Directors of Policy and Programs.

Shelby Chestnut Named New Executive Director of Transgender Law Center
Today Shelby Chestnut (they/he) begins their tenure as executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Chestnut has over 20 years of...

Trans Leaders Call for Strengthening of Biden Administration’s Health and Human Services Regulation through Inclusion of Transgender and Nonbinary Status as Protected Identity
The Protect Trans Health Campaign marks October 3rd close of public comment period with Week of Action.

TLC Files Amicus Brief in Woodhull v. United States
This week, Transgender Law Center filed an amicus brief in Woodhull v. United States, a lawsuit which challenges FOSTA.

Celebrating New Co-Deputy Directors of Programs and Policy
This year, Senior National Organizers Mickaela Bradford and Mariah Moore stepped into newly created deputy director roles co-leading our programs team.

TLC to Push for Stronger Healthcare Discrimination Protections from Biden Administration
On Monday, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced a proposed rule that would substantially strengthen protections against discrimination in accessing healthcare. While the proposed rule is open for public comment, the Rollback Rule issued under the Trump Administration that gutted Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act is still in the books.

Transgender Law Center Denounces SCOTUS Opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey
The Transgender Law Center strongly denounces the Supreme Court’s Opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization as a despicable, shameless, and politically-motivated attack on the bodily autonomy of all people, especially those people who are exercising their right to end pregnancies.

LGBTQ Legal Rights Organizations Move to Protect California’s Trans-Inclusive Incarceration Policy
Lambda Legal, the Transgender Law Center (TLC), and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by anti-transgender activists against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) challenging SB132, the groundbreaking law protecting transgender people incarcerated in the state of California.