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Press Releases
TLC Celebrates SCOTUS Decision While Urging LGBTQ Movement to Remember: We are not free until Black trans women are free
Today Transgender Law Center paused to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) consolidated opinions in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. The decision denies employers the right to...
TLC Denounces New Rule Denying Protection from Discrimination to Transgender People Seeking Medical Care
Today the Transgender Law Center (TLC) denounced a new rule handed down by the Trump administration that green lights discrimination by health care providers and insurers against transgender and gender nonconforming people (TGNC), especially those who live in states...
Indiana Appellate Court Rules U.S. Citizenship is not Required for Legal Name Change
Indiana Legal Services, Inc (ILSI), MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Law Office of Barbara J. Baird, and the Transgender Law Center (TLC) won an important victory yesterday on behalf of two transgender immigrant clients who had been...
TLC, the Law Office of R. Andrew Free, and the Law Office of Daniel Yohalem File Lawsuit Against CoreCivic and Multiple Private Entities Alleging Gross Negligence Lead to Roxsana’s Death
Third lawsuit alleging wrongdoing by CoreCivic in recent weeksToday Transgender Law Center (TLC), the Law Office of R. Andrew Free, and the Law Office of Daniel Yohalem announced that they have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of...
TLC, Ballard Spahr, & Rapid Defense Network Announce Class Action Lawsuit to Free All Transgender People in ICE Custody
The crisis of COVID-19 exacerbates already dangerous and inhumane conditions in ICE detention facilities Today the Transgender Law Center (TLC), Ballard Spahr LLP, and the Rapid Defense Network filed a complaint demanding the release of all transgender...
TLC Condemns the signing into law of Idaho’s anti-trans athletics bill amid a global health crisis
Amid a global pandemic, today Idaho became the first state to pass a ban on trans youth participation athletics into law. An Idaho bill which bars updates to birth certificates was also signed into law. These bills were signed by Governor Brad Little following the...
Trans Agenda for 2020 and Beyond Launches First Pillar: Black Trans Women and Black Trans Femmes Must Lead
Failed government response to COVID-19 demonstrates need for new, visionary leadership At a time where we are facing an unprecedented global health crisis, trans people are reimagining our world in extraordinary and visionary ways. While governments have...
TLC Launches Virtual Community Gatherings During COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the federal government’s failed response, and public panic all harm trans people in uniquely stressful and isolating ways. The federal government has failed to address the severity of this moment or protect those...
LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Organizations Demand ICE Release All People Currently Detained & Shut Down All Detention Centers in Light of Global Health Crisis
National — The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP), Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, and Transgender Law Center call on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release all people currently...
TLC Denounces Idaho Bill that Restricts Trans Youth from Participation in High School Sports
Yesterday the Idaho State Legislature became the first state to pass a ban on trans youth participation in both high school and collegiate athletics. TLC is calling on Governor Brad Little to veto this legislation that singles out transgender youth and young people and exposes them to harm.
