Impact Litigation
TLC’s impact litigation work focuses primarily on ending the criminalization of trans lives and is typically developed in conjunction with our programs team and grassroots organizations.
We focus on three aspects of criminalization: laws and policies that disproportionately impact and criminalize trans people like walking while trans laws; the impact of criminalization inside prisons, detention centers, and hospitals; and collateral consequences of convictions, such as criminal convictions that impact a person’s ability to get immigration status.
Case Spotlights

Raven v. Polis
On November 22nd, 2019, Transgender Law Center (TLC) and King & Greisen, LL …
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Roxsana Hernandez
Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free have file …
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Historic Wins
For more than two decades, Transgender Law Center has led the country in challenging the legal system to respect the dignity and humanity of transgender and gender nonconforming people. Our impact litigation in areas like employment, education, and immigration have redefined transgender people’s experience of rights and justice in the U.S.

Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District
On July 19, 2016, Transgender Law Center and co-counsel Relman, Dane & …
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Norsworthy v. Beard
Transgender Law Center represented Michelle Norsworthy, a transgender woman …
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Macy v. Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives
On April 20, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issue …
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