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TLDEF Joins U.S. Nationwide Coalition Opposing Repeal of Transgender Health Protections
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today joins dozens of LGBTQ and allied organisations in demanding that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to permanently halt implementation of a proposed new rule that would invite insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, nurses, and other providers to illegally deny patients care because of who they are, despite protections mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
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Organisations File Amicus Brief in Support of Worker Who Was Fired for Being Transgender
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today filed a «friend of the court» brief with 33 other signatories in support of Aimee Stephens in her case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Sasha Domansky tells a heartbreaking coming out story
YouTuber Sasha Domansky tells his coming out story to his religious Russian family and what a nightmare that followed.
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Matthew James – «Right Now»
Matthew James Harrou Sivertson (born August 11th, 1996 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), better known by his stage name Matthew James, is a Moroccan-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and professional pianist located in Los Angeles, CA.
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Pennsylvania Name Change Law Challenged on Behalf of Three Transgender Women
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) Pro Bono partner Reed Smith in end of May 2019 filed a court challenge to Pennsylvania’s name change law, which bars name changes for people who have certain felony convictions.
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TLDEF Statement on Historic Passage of Equality Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
TLDEF releases a statement on a historic passage.