Tag: transgender
Ireland Agrees to Self-Declaration for Gender Recognition Bill
Yesterday (Wednesday 3rd June), the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, T.D. announced that, following the agreement of Cabinet, the application process under the Gender Recognition Bill will, for people aged 18 years or more, be based on the person’s self-declaration by way of a statutory declaration. The Bill will also no longer contain the controversial ‘forced divorce’ clause.
HRC Welcomes TransTech, Business That Connects Transgender People with Job Training, Mentors, Work
Chicago-based firm establishes presence in Washington to encourage collaboration with broader LGBT and business communities.
GLAAD responds to Vanity Fair cover featuring Caitlyn Jenner
GLAAD, the Americas’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organisation, today responded to Vanity Fair’s July 2015 cover, featuring Caitlyn Jenner.
TLDEF Set for The Freedom Awards – Celebrating 10 Years of Change
On Monday, June 1, The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) will commemorate a decade of transgender advocacy at its Freedom Awards benefit. The event will honor the Golden Globe Award-winning television seriesTransparent, and long-time TLDEF partners BNY Mellon and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP for their extraordinary contributions to the advancement of transgender rights.
On Memorial Day, TLDEF Urges Pentagon to End Ban on Open Transgender Military Service
As the nation commemorates Memorial Day, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) honours the transgender men and women who lost their lives in the line of duty and renews its call for the Defense Department to allow transgender people to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces.
TLDEF Applauds New York Attorney General on Initiative to Ensure Equal Access to Medical Care for Transgender People
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund commends New York Attorney General General Eric T. Schneiderman for launching a new initiative to ensure that transgender New Yorkers have equal access to medical care throughout the state. The initiative will provide programming to hospitals and medical centers on the legal requirements for treating transgender people in New York and best practices in providing care to this patient population.