Tag: Noah Lewis
TLDEF Files Federal Lawsuit Against Houston County, Georgia for Excluding Medically-Necessary Transgender Health Care in Employee Health Plan
Suit on Behalf of Sheriff’s Deputy Anna Lange, a Dedicated Public Employee Who Has Served Houston County for 13 Years.
Lawsuit: Steuben County Jail Violates Rights of Transgender People
The New York Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the law firm BakerHostetler filed a lawsuit yesterday against Steuben County, the Steuben County Sheriff, and several officials and employees at the Steuben County Jail on behalf of a transgender woman whom jail officials housed in a men’s facility while she was awaiting trial.
Pennsylvania Name Change Law Challenged on Behalf of Three Transgender Women
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) Pro Bono partner Reed Smith in end of May 2019 filed a court challenge to Pennsylvania’s name change law, which bars name changes for people who have certain felony convictions.
Pentagon Ends Discriminatory Ban on Open Transgender Military Service
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today joins advocates across the nation in praising the U.S. Department of Defense for lifting the ban on open transgender military service once and for all.
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.
Name Change Victory for Transgender Woman in New York City
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today commended the Civil Court of the City of New York for issuing a decision on April 30 deleting language from a woman’s name change order that unnecessarily singled her out as a transgender person.