Tag: transgender
TLDEF Files Brief in Support of Mother’s Lawsuit Against Employer for Denying her Son Transition Related Health Care
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has filed a friend of the court brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of a Minnesota mother fighting for health coverage for her teenage transgender son.
It’s official – France adopts a new legal gender recognition procedure!
The French parliament has voted to introduce a legal gender recognition procedure that is free from sterilisation and medicalisation. The National Assembly met in a plenary session on Wednesday 12 October to debate and vote on the 21st century justice law (La loi sur la justice au XX1eme siècle), which included provisions relating to legal gender recognition.
CIAA Moves Championships out of North Carolina as Fallout from Anti-LGBTQ HB 2 Law Continues
Last Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, and Equality NC, the statewide organisation working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, praised the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) decision to stand up for the safety of the organisation’s employees, players, and fans by moving championship games out of North Carolina due to the state’s anti-LGBTQ HB 2 law. Eight of the CIAA’s 12 member schools are based in North Carolina.
HRC Joins With Nation’s Leading Paediatric Organisations on New Guide Supporting Transgender Youth
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, joined with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP), which together represent more than 66,000 paediatricians and paediatric specialists across the country, to release Supporting and Caring for Transgender Children, a new guide for community members and allies to ensure that transgender young people are affirmed, respected, and able to thrive.
Chelsea Manning sent to solitary for suicide attempt
U.S military whistleblower Chelsea Manning is to spend 14 days in solitary confinement after a suicide attempt in July.
New law in United Arab Emirates allows gender reassignment surgery
A new Medical Liability Law was enacted to allow gender reassignment surgery, which was previously difficult.