Tag: transgender
Health Care Professionals Speak Out Against Vicious Legislation Targeting Trans Youth
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Americas’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released a new video highlighting health care professionals who are speaking out against dangerous and appalling legislation targeting transgender students – including bills currently pending in Tennessee and South Carolina.
UNC President Orders Campuses to Violate Federal Law and Discriminate Against Transgender Students
Memo directs University of North Carolina chancellors to comply with Gov. McCrory’s discriminatory state law forcing trans students to use restrooms and other facilities inconsistent with their gender identity.
TLDEF Responds to Guilty Plea in Killing of Islan Nettles
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) responded to news from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. that 25-year-old James Dixon has pleaded guilty to First Degree Manslaughter in the August 2013 killing of Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old African American transgender woman from Harlem. Dixon faces 12 years in prison after accepting the plea deal.
TLDEF Condemns Sweeping New Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) responded to news that Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has signed anti-LGBT House Bill 1523 into law today.
What It’s Like Growing Up With A Transgender Sibling
This is the remarkable call received by Nick Ferrari from the sister of a transgender teenager.
Schools ‘should consider mixed-sex toilets so transgender pupils feel comfortable’
All schools should consider introducing “gender-neutral” toilets, changing rooms and uniforms to make transgender pupils feel more comfortable, teachers will be told.