Tag: transgender
Victory! New York State Lifts Medicaid Ban on Transgender Health Care
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds news that transgender New Yorkers covered by Medicaid can now access the medically necessary health care they have been denied for nearly two decades. Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Department of Health have officially adopted a new regulation that ends the 17-year-old exclusion of transgender health care from New York’s Medicaid program.
Parliament human rights report addresses LGBTI criminalisation, trans rights and same-sex unions
Last week, the European Parliament voted its annual report on human rights in the world. The report takes account of the situation of human rights, including of LGBTI people, and makes recommendations accordingly. The report contains strong language on the rights of LGBTI people.
Only in America : Two New Anti-Transgender Bills in Texas
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) strongly denounces new proposed legislation in Texas that singles out transgender people for harsh discrimination. Introduced by Republican State Representative Gilbert Peña on March 10, House Bills 2801 and 2802 come on the heels of a string of bills targeting transgender people, including a prior bill in Texas, and similar ones in Kentucky, Florida and Minnesota.
TLDEF Condemns Minnesota Legislation Meant to Harm Transgender Students
TLDEF denounces yet another attempt to target transgender students for discrimination, this time in Minnesota. Republican state lawmakers introduced identical bills in the Minnesota State House and Senate.HF 1456 and SF 1543 would deny transgender students the ability to play on sports teams or use bathrooms and locker rooms that match who they are as boys and girls. The legislation would invalidate the Minnesota State High School League’s transgender-inclusive athletic policy and bar school districts from implementing similar policies designed to allow transgender students to participate equally in school. The bills come in response to pressure from anti-LGBT groups in Minnesota.
Norwegian transgender Nelly (15) is becoming historically
Norwegian Football Association (NFF) has refused Nelly Larsen (15) to play football matches for the girls team, because she was born a boy. Now she finally can play.
Transgender person killed in Baku, Azerbaijan
According to the information from law enforcements, the incident took place on February 28th around 11pm. A transgender person from Shamkir Bakhtiyar Aliyev, was stabbed multiple times and she was was killed.