LGBTQ-Inclusive Ordinances Pass In NC
LGBTQ-Inclusive protections for people in Asheville, Durham, Greensboro, and Buncombe County are now officially in place and protecting the community from discrimination in private employment…
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Orgs. Sue NC Officials For Denying Health Care To Transgender Employees & Trans Children
GREENSBORO, NC—Lambda Legal and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina officials today for discrimination in state employee…
LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace: Local Orgs. Provide Support
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people has been a hot topic in the media recently after Indiana…
Transgender Discrimination Bill to Be Heard Again
FLORIDA—A bill that would discriminate against transgender Floridians and force employers and business-owners to police the use of their restrooms will get a second committee…
HRC: Saks Fifth Avenue Doubles Down on Transgender Discrimination
CEO Declines to Renounce Company’s Stand that Transgender Employees Are Not Protected Under Civil Rights Law Gerald Storch’s Silence on Civil Rights Claim Calls Into…
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…
CA Senate Passes Bill Supporting Transgender Student Success
SACRAMENTO, CA—On July 3rd, the California State Senate passed the School Success and Opportunity Act (Assembly Bill 1266), sending the bill that ensures transgender students…
Smith College Rejects Transgender Woman Application; More Challenges
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter– Protests continue after Smith College rejected the application of Calliope Mora Wong, a high school senior who was born male but…