In Landmark Ruling Federal Court Allows Transgender Woman to Pursue Claim Under ADA
Ruling is the first to say that transgender people are not categorically barred from seeking relief from discrimination under the federal civil rights law A…
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DOJ Weighs in on Transgender Exclusion in Americans with Disabilities Act
Yesterday the Department of Justice (DOJ) weighed in on the transgender exclusion written into the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), urging the court to ignore the exclusion…
DOJ Declines to Weigh in on Exclusion of Transgender People from ADA Protections
Yesterday in a Statement of Interest filed in the case Blatt v. Cabela’s Retail, the Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to weigh in on the constitutionality of an…
SCOTUS Asked to Hear Medical Care Case for Transgender Inmate
Petition Asserts First Circuit Disregarded its Proper Role Lawyers today petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal on behalf of Michelle Kosilek, a…
GLAD Urges 1st Circuit to Affirm Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Prisoner
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, submitted a brief today to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Kosilek v. Spencer,…