Category: Transgender Rights
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So-called Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visits school with anti-transgender policy
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has embarked on her third annual «back-to-school» tour, and on Thursday, she stopped by Harrisburg Catholic Elementary School — a school with a strict policy on transgender students.
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Florida teacher told a transgender girl to either identify as a man or leave his class
A teacher at Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville, Florida, reportedly offered a transgender student a strongly-worded ultimatum: use male pronouns or switch classes.
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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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TLDEF Appoints Experienced Litigator David Brown as Legal Director
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today announced the appointment of David Brown as Legal Director, marking an important step in the growth of TLDEF’s team of lawyers fighting to confront the immense challenges facing transgender and non-binary people across the U.S.
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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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USA: Transgender Rikers inmate found dead allegedly ignored by guards
A silent and unresponsive Layleen Polanco — the transgender inmate found dead in her Rikers Island cell last week — was ignored by guards for nearly two hours before they tried to help, a jailhouse eyewitness is claiming.