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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CT Senate Unanimously Approves Bill to Ban Conversion Therapy
Governor Set to Sign, Law Will Ban Licensed Health Professionals from Using the Discredited Practice with Minors The Connecticut Senate voted unanimously today to pass…
Vermont’s High Court Hears Parentage Case Involving Lesbian Co-Parents
Today Vermont’s Supreme Court heard arguments in Sinnott v. Peck, a case involving a lesbian couple who raised two adopted children together for over ten years….
Rising Star Jess T. Dugan Transforms Minds Through Portraits of Transgender Trailblazers
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— There’s a photograph of Jess T. Dugan from 2005 with bandages over where her breasts used to be. She’s standing…
The State of Transgender Rights: Legislation, Empowerment and Equality
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Despite heightened transgender awareness in the U.S., largely due to reality star Caitlyn Jenner’s emergence, the reality of transgender rights and struggles…
RI Bars Insurers from Exclusions for Transgender Health
Yesterday, the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released a bulletin Regarding Prohibited Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Expression. The bulletin…
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…
Amicus Brief: Bathroom Access Crucial for Transgender Students’ Development
SAN FRANCISCO—Being able to use the same bathroom as other students at school is critical for the healthy development of transgender adolescents, says an amicus…
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 Will Not Hear Transgender Woman’s Case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear an appeal on behalf of Michelle Kosilek, a transgender woman who has been denied essential health care…
GLAD Reacts to Appeals Court Ruling that Dept. of Corrections Can Deny Care to Transgender Woman
BOSTON, Mass.—The full First Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed an earlier ruling that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts must provide Michelle Kosilek, an incarcerated transgender…
In Apology to Trans Community, HRC pledges Push for Broad LGBT Bill
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The leader of the nation’s largest LGBT organization offered an apology to the transgender community at the same time…
GLAD Applauds Commonwealth’s Historic Removal of Barriers to Transgender Health Care
BOSTON, Mass.—This afternoon, the Patrick Administration announced that it will remove barriers to health care coverage for transgender people in both private insurance and in…
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,…
Major Transgender Victory in Maine
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In an historic first, a state high court ruled yesterday that a male-to-female transgender student who was accepted by school…
LGBT Groups Challenge Medicare’s Refusal to Provide Healthcare to Transgender Patients
Last week, several national LGBT groups and a cooperating attorney filed an administrative challenge to Medicare’s ban on medically necessary healthcare for transgender patients. Medicare,…
New Guidance for Transgender Non-Discrimination Law in Schools
BOSTON, Mass. — The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on Feb. 15 issued comprehensive guidelines that aim to ensure Massachusetts public schools comply…
GLAD to Appeal Ruling in Case of Transgender Girl Discriminated Against at School
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Today, a Maine trial court judge dismissed the case of a transgender girl who experienced discrimination and harassment at her Orono school….
Reactions to the MA House & Senate’s Passage of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill: Community Leaders Speak Out
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– “With the passage of this bill, the transgender people of our state will have significantly greater legal protections, and that is…