Day: May 15, 2016

TLDEF Applauds Nationwide Ban on Transgender Health Care Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds new regulations prohibiting health care discrimination against transgender people across the United States. Adopted today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the protections ensure equal access for communities that have long been excluded from the health care system.

Russia threatens to boycott Eurovision 2017
With Jamala’s song “1944” Ukraine has won the victory in Eurovision yesterday in Stockholm, Sweden.

Eurovision Sergey Lazarev have taken a stand that is not popular by Russians
For the popular Russian singer, Sergey Lazarev, has expressed himself in a way that has fallen many Russians heavily on their chest: he does not support the annexation of Crimea.

TLDEF Applauds Obama Administration for Directing Schools to Allow Transgender Students to Use Appropriate Bathrooms
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the Obama Administration for issuing a directive to all public schools in the U.S stating they must allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match who they are as boys and girls.