Kavanaugh Confirmation Would “Destroy Any Credibility of the Supreme Court”
Kris Hayashi, executive director of Transgender Law Center, the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following statement concerning the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “In the wake of clear and harrowing evidence that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted multiple women, the Senate’s decision to force […]
View ArticleBlack LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP) Celebrates Release of Nigerian Asylum-Seeker Udoka Nweke from Adelanto Detention Facility
(Los Angeles) BLMP, a project of Transgender Law Center, celebrated the release of Udoka Nweke, a 29 year-old gay Nigerian migrant, from Adelanto Detention Facility last Friday. Nweke arrived in the United States in December 2016. He presented himself to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at San Ysidro Port of Entry, where he asked […]
View ArticleTrump Administration’s Proposed Rule is “Racism Dressed Up in Threadbare Legalese”
(Washington, D.C.) – Last Saturday, the Trump Administration proposed a new rule that, if implemented, would have devastating effects on some of the most vulnerable people in the United States. Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following response from deputy director Isa Noyola: “This administration […]
View ArticleTLC announces Laverne Cox as SPARK! 2018 Honoree
(San Francisco, CA) – Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, is thrilled to announce that this year’s Claire Skiffington Vanguard Awardee for SPARK! 2018 will be star actress Laverne Cox. “Laverne has not only broken barriers and charted new paths in Hollywood, but she has remained a […]
View ArticleTransgender Law Center Responds to Murder of Nikki Janelle Enriquez: “We refuse to become numb to this rapid accumulation of injustices
(Laredo, Texas) – This last weekend, Texas law enforcement captured Juan David Ortiz, a Border Patrol agent who confessed to murdering several women. Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following response from deputy director Isa Noyola: “We are horrified by the news that a Border […]
View ArticleColorado Department of Corrections engages in unlawful harassment and intimidation targeting a young Black trans woman
(Denver, Colorado) – Last Friday, Transgender Law Center and co-counsel from the law firm of King & Greisen LLP filed an amended complaint on behalf of Lindsay Saunders-Velez, a 20-year-old Black transgender woman incarcerated by the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC). The amended complaint adds a retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and alleges […]
View Article#Time4BlackTransWomen: National Moment of Silence and Action
Today we learned that Londonn Moore Kinard, a 20-year-old Black trans woman, was murdered earlier this week in North Port, Florida. We mourn Londonn’s murder as we continue to mourn and process the recent deaths of Dejanay Stanton in Illinois, Vontashia Bell in Louisiana, and Shantee Tucker in Pennsylvania – all young Black trans women […]
View ArticleQueer & Trans Migrants of Color Shut Down Intersection in Albuquerque for Three Hours
Six leaders in the LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights movement boldly block an intersection in front of Bernillo County Metropolitan Court, uplift queer and trans migrants Roxsana Hernandez and Udoka Nweke (Albuquerque, N.M.) Today, over one hundred queer and trans migrants of color provided support as six leaders in the LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights movement engaged […]
View ArticleTODAY: Trans and Queer Migrants & Allies Demand An End To Detention and ICE
Today, Transgender Law Center, Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project – BLMP, and Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement are hosting a rally and march that will center how Black and brown trans and queer people are uniquely impacted by immigration detention and demand an end to detention for all vulnerable people. In particular, we are uplifting our […]
View ArticleTLC’s Raquel Willis Announces: Black Trans Circles
Today is the birthday of radical movement leader Marsha P. Johnson. Her story is one of bravery, dedication, and power. As we remember the brilliant work she did throughout her entire life for the LGBTQIA+ movement, let’s also acknowledge the blueprint she left for her Black trans daughters who would come up and into their […]
View ArticleCelebrating Our Volunteers: Susan’s Dedication to Trans Liberation
Three years ago, Susan Livingston and her husband used TLC’s “ID Please!” to help their daughter legally change her name and gender marker on all of her identity documentation. “We were so grateful for the work that had already been done by TLC, which provided a resource guide that included a roadmap to execute identity documentation […]
View ArticleReflections from AIDS 2018
In July, several National Advisory Board members of TLC’s Positively Trans program traveled to the International AIDS Conference to represent our work in communities of trans folks living and thriving with HIV. The International AIDS Conference is the largest conference on any global health issue in the world, with over 17,000 activists, artists, scientists, and […]
View ArticleCentering Trans Voices at International AIDS Conference
This week, Positively Trans has brought a delegation to the International AIDS conference, a gathering of more than 15,000 researchers, activists and policymakers from more than 160 countries gathered in Amsterdam. Programs Director Cecilia C. Chung wants to push trans folks, specifically trans women of color, to the center of the international community’s HIV/AIDS discussion. “We […]
View ArticleTLC urges Senate to reject Trump’s SCOTUS nomination
This evening, Trump announced Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States. Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, issued the following response from deputy director Isa Noyola: “Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court is a divisive, […]
View ArticleSupreme Court decision on Muslim ban echoes cruelest chapters of our history as a country
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision on the Muslim ban and several decisions attacking voting rights and reproductive care, Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi issued the following statement: “Today, the Supreme Court capped off a shameful string of decisions targeting the most vulnerable in our communities by upholding President Trump’s cruel and […]
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