Tag: transgender
New York High Court Agrees to Hear Appeal In Dwight DeLee Case
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today lauded the New York Court of Appeals’ announcement that it will consider an appeal in “The People v. Dwight R. DeLee” and renewed its call for the high court to reinstate the jury’s verdict and Dwight DeLee’s conviction of manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime for the 2008 killing of Syracuse resident Lateisha “Teish” Green, a 22-year old African American transgender woman.
Ireland : 80% of Trans People Have Considered Suicide
This afternoon (2 December 2013), TENI launched the results of the largest trans survey carried out in Ireland with the publication of Speaking from the Margins: Trans Mental Health and Wellbeing in Ireland.
Major EU fund for employment and social inclusion will combat discrimination
Today, the European Parliament adopted a regulation defining the priorities of the European Social Fund (ESF) for the period 2014-2020.
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) Observes Transgender Day of Remembrance
On this 15th Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) is urging New Yorkers to reflect on the transgender people whose lives have been cut short by brutal violence.
LGBTLabour comment on Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013
Anwen Muston, LGBTLabour’s Trans Officer speaking on Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013 said:
Justice for Jeydon: Transgender Student Won’t Be Barred from Senior Yearbook
Saturday the La Feria School Board decided to allow the formal tuxedo senior portrait of Jeydon Loredo to appear in the yearbook, after previously forbidding it because Jeydon is transgender.