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New York High Court Allows Retrial on Hate Crime Charge in Killing of Transgender Woman Lateisha Green
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today renewed its call for justice in the case of a slain transgender woman after the New York State Court of Appeals overturned the hate crime conviction of the man accused of killing her but allowed the state to retry him on the disputed hate crime charge. DeLee was originally convicted of manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime for the 2008 killing of Syracuse resident Lateisha “Teish” Green, a 22-year-old African American transgender woman.
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TLDEF Encouraged by Maryland’s Progress Towards Expanding Medicaid Coverage for Transgender People
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today responded to news that Maryland has moved a step closer to making transition-related health care available to its transgender residents who receive Medicaid. Maryland health officials are submitting regulations for approval that will expand Medicaid by April 2015. Once approved, the state will join California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington D.C., which have all expanded Medicaid coverage for transgender people. The United States Department of Health and Human Services also recently ruled that the federal Medicare program must cover transition-related health care.
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Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) Observes Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance today by urging the public to reflect on all of the transgender people whose lives were ended by violence, simply for living as their authentic selves. The people we have lost include two young, African American transgender women, Islan Nettles, who was beaten to death in Harlem in August of 2013, and Lateisha (Teish) Green, who was shot in Syracuse in 2008.
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USA : Federal Lawsuit against South Carolina DMV on Behalf of Gender Non-conforming Teen who was Forced to Remove Makeup for His Driver’s License Photo
TLDEF today filed a federal lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles on behalf of a 16-year-old gender non-conforming teen who was targeted for discrimination last March. When he attempted to get his first driver’s license, Chase Culpepper was told by the DMV that he could not take his license photo unless he removed the makeup that he wears on a regular basis.
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TLDEF Applauds President Obama for Signing Executive Order Protecting LGBT People Who Work for the Federal Government and Federal Contractors
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) praises President Barack Obama for signing an executive order that prohibits the federal government as well as federal contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees.
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Transgender Man Files Suit Against NYC Department
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and Cleary Gottlieb Represent Plaintiff Seeking First-Ever Ruling that City Human Rights Law Protects Transgender People in Restrooms and Locker Rooms.