Tag: Michael Silverman
TLDEF Applauds Introduction of Comprehensive Transgender Health Care Legislation in Pennsylvania
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the introduction of legislation in Pennsylvania that would ban the discriminatory exclusion of transgender care in health insurance plans.
Only in America : Texas and Florida Bills Targeting Transgender People for Criminal Prosecution
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) strongly denounces proposed bills in Texas and Florida that would make it a crime for transgender people to use restrooms and other public facilities consistent with who they are as men and women.
TLDEF Applauds President Obama for Including Entire LGBT Community for the First Time Ever in a State of the Union Speech
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) strongly praises President Barack Obama for including transgender people, bisexual people and lesbians in his 2015 State of the Union speech, marking the first time in history they have been mentioned in this address.
New York State Acts to Remove Medicaid Ban on Transgender Health Care
Department of Health Proposes Regulation to Ensure Transgender New Yorkers Have Access to Certain Medically Necessary Care
New York State Issues Guidance Requiring Health Insurance Companies to Cover Transgender Health Care
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today praised the New York State Department of Financial Services for issuing guidance requiring health insurance companies to cover transgender health care on the same terms as other care.
Victory! New York City Council Votes to End Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the New York City Council for passing legislation yesterday that will end the city’s discriminatory birth certificate policy. The bill – Int. 491 (2014) – introduced by Councilmember Corey Johnson, eliminates the surgery requirement for transgender people seeking to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. The new policy will require that a licensed health care provider state under oath that based on contemporary expert standards, an individual’s true sex is not accurately recorded on their current birth certificate. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign the bill into law. The Board of Health is expected to adopt regulations tomorrow that mirror this legislation.