Tag: transgender
TLDEF Denounces New York State Senate’s Failure to Pass Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA)
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) denounces the New York State Senate’s failure to pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act. The bill would have added transgender people to New York’s hate crimes law and protected them from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.
How Can the Obama Administration Advance Fairness & Equality for Transgender Americans?
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, highlighted specific steps the Obama Administration should take to improve the lives of transgender people.
BeLonG To and Minister Kevin Humphreys come together at Dublin Pride Festival
In the wake of their successful marriage equality referendum campaign and while the Gender Recognition Bill is at committee stage in the Dail, BeLonG To – Ireland’s LGBT youth organisation, launches a new resource for transgender young people.
OPM Announces FEHB Healthcare Plans Cannot Have Blanket Exclusions on Transition-Related Care
Yesterday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that Federal Health Benefit Plan (FEHB) providers will no longer be permitted to have blanket exclusions on all transition-related services in their federal employee healthcare plans.
BeLonG To Unequivocally Welcomes Senator VanTurnhout’s Proposed Amendment to the Gender Recognition Bill
Today, BeLonG To Youth Services, the national organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans young people unequivocally welcomes Senator VanTurnhout’s proposed amendment to the Gender Recognition Bill, which was tabled at Report Stage. The amendment would introduce ‘an interim Gender Recognition Certificate’, for Trans young people, providing significant protections for the rights of trans young people in line with international best practice.
AMA to DOD: There Is No Medical Rationale In Transgender Military Ban
Yesterday, the American Medical Association (AMA) approved a resolution saying there is “no medically valid reason to exclude transgender individuals from service in the U.S. military.”