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Election

The moment people went wild for Colorado’s first ‘first man’

NewsdeskElectionNovember 7, 2018

In one of election night’s many firsts, Colorado elected Jared Polis, who will be the country’s first openly gay governor.

USA - LGBTQ Rights

TLDEF: Importance of Anti-Discrimination Laws Following Supreme Court Ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ RightsJune 4, 2018

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today restated the strong need for anti-bias protections in response to the Supreme Court’s narrow ruling in favour of a Denver bakery owner’s challenge to Colorado’s anti-discrimination law.

Transgender Rights

TLDEF Brief Warns of Serious Harm to Transgender People if Supreme Court Sides with Denver Bakery Owner Challenging Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Law

PressdeskTransgender RightsOctober 31, 2017April 14, 2024

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has filed an amicus or “friend of the court” brief to the United States Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, spotlighting the immense need for public accommodations laws that protect more than two million people in our nation who identify as transgender.

Health

TLDEF Challenges Discriminatory Health Insurance Coverage Denial

LGBTnewswire.euHealthJuly 28, 2015April 14, 2024

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has demanded that Aetna Life Insurance Company reverse its decision to deny coverage for a Colorado transgender woman’s medically necessary gender reassignment surgery.

Same-Sex Marriage

Gay couple sue over wedding cake snub

mscglSame-Sex MarriageJune 6, 2013

A gay couple is pursuing a discrimination complaint against a US bakery, saying the business refused them a wedding cake to honour their ceremony and alleging that the owners have a history of turning away same-sex couples.

USA - LGBTQ National USA - LGBTQ Youth

Colorado family seeks equal treatment for transgender daughter

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ National USA - LGBTQ YouthFebruary 27, 2013November 11, 2018

GLAAD has been working closely with the family of 6-year-old Coy Mathis and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) in asking Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain, CO to allow Coy to once again use the girls’ restroom at her school.

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