Policy Desk Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/policy-desk/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:13:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Policy Desk Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/policy-desk/ 32 32 Transgender Law Center Denounces SCOTUS Opinion in U.S. v. Skrmetti https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-denounces-scotus-opinion-in-u-s-v-skrmetti/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-denounces-scotus-opinion-in-u-s-v-skrmetti/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:09:11 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=24490 Everyone deserves access to health care, including transgender youth FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  June 18, 2025  CONTACT:  K. Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org NATIONAL – Transgender Law Center condemns the Supreme Court’s opinion in United States v L. W. Skrmetti for upholding a discriminatory law that denies transgender youth in Tennessee access to hormone replacement therapy. Today’s 6-3 ruling upholds SB1, allowing […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-denounces-scotus-opinion-in-u-s-v-skrmetti/feed/ 0 Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Federal Prison Officials from Withholding Health Care From Incarcerated Trans People https://transgenderlawcenter.org/federal-judge-temporarily-enjoins-federal-prison-officials-from-withholding-health-care-from-incarcerated-trans-people/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/federal-judge-temporarily-enjoins-federal-prison-officials-from-withholding-health-care-from-incarcerated-trans-people/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:59:14 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=24464 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2025 CONTACT K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org WASHINGTON – A federal district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Trump Administration executive order prohibiting federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) officials from providing gender-affirming hormone therapy and accommodations to transgender people. The injunction does not require BOP […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/federal-judge-temporarily-enjoins-federal-prison-officials-from-withholding-health-care-from-incarcerated-trans-people/feed/ 0 Advocates Sue to Challenge Withholding of Gender-Affirming Care in Federal Prisons https://transgenderlawcenter.org/advocates-sue-to-challenge-withholding-of-gender-affirming-care-in-federal-prisons/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/advocates-sue-to-challenge-withholding-of-gender-affirming-care-in-federal-prisons/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:37:00 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=24275 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 2025 CONTACT: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org WASHINGTON – Three transgender people currently incarcerated in federal custody have filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) challenging an Executive Order and new BOP policies prohibiting their access to gender-affirming care. The class action lawsuit […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/advocates-sue-to-challenge-withholding-of-gender-affirming-care-in-federal-prisons/feed/ 0 Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban Receives Hearing in Texas State Supreme Court https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-youth-medical-care-ban-receives-hearing-in-texas-state-supreme-court/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-youth-medical-care-ban-receives-hearing-in-texas-state-supreme-court/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:42:20 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=23149 For Immediate Release January 30, 2024 Contact: K Richardson, Transgender Law Center, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org  Eli Duffy, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, eduffy@glma.org Laura McGinnis, PFLAG National, lmcginnis@pflag.orgKristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Austin, Texas Legal advocates representing transgender adolescents, their parents, and medical providers argued before the Texas Supreme Court […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-youth-medical-care-ban-receives-hearing-in-texas-state-supreme-court/feed/ 0 Legal Advocates to Urge Texas Supreme Court to Affirm Ruling Blocking Ban on Medical Care for Transgender Texas Youth https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-urge-texas-supreme-court-to-affirm-ruling-blocking-ban-on-medical-care-for-transgender-texas-youth/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-urge-texas-supreme-court-to-affirm-ruling-blocking-ban-on-medical-care-for-transgender-texas-youth/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:57:06 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=23148 Media Advisory  January 29, 2024 Contact: Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org K Richardson, Transgender Law Center, k@transgenderlawcenter.org What: Tomorrow, legal advocates representing transgender adolescents and their parents and medical providers will urge the Supreme Court of Texas to affirm a lower court’s granting of a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of Senate […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-urge-texas-supreme-court-to-affirm-ruling-blocking-ban-on-medical-care-for-transgender-texas-youth/feed/ 0 Trans Leaders Call for Strengthening of Biden Administration’s Health and Human Services Regulation through Inclusion of Transgender and Nonbinary Status as Protected Identity https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-leaders-call-for-strengthening-of-biden-administrations-health-and-human-services-regulation-through-inclusion-of-transgender-and-nonbinary-status-as-protected-identity/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-leaders-call-for-strengthening-of-biden-administrations-health-and-human-services-regulation-through-inclusion-of-transgender-and-nonbinary-status-as-protected-identity/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:42:00 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=21386 For Immediate Release September 29, 2022 Contact: Sue Yacka-Bible, Transgender Law Centersue@transgenderlawcenter.org; 732-309-2964 David Farmer, National Center for Transgender Equalitypress@transequality.org; (207) 557-5968 The Protect Trans Health Campaign marks October 3rd close of public comment period with Week of Action. Washington, D.C. – The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), the Transgender Law Center (TLC), and the […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-leaders-call-for-strengthening-of-biden-administrations-health-and-human-services-regulation-through-inclusion-of-transgender-and-nonbinary-status-as-protected-identity/feed/ 0 TLC to Push for Stronger Healthcare Discrimination Protections from Biden Administration https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-healthcare-discrimination-protections/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-healthcare-discrimination-protections/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:43:09 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=17021 On Monday, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced a proposed rule that would substantially strengthen protections against discrimination in accessing healthcare. While the proposed rule is open for public comment, the Rollback Rule issued under the Trump Administration that gutted Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act is still in the books.

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-healthcare-discrimination-protections/feed/ 0 Transgender Law Center Denounces SCOTUS Opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-denounces-scotus-opinion-overturning-roe-v-wade-and-planned-parenthood-v-casey/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-denounces-scotus-opinion-overturning-roe-v-wade-and-planned-parenthood-v-casey/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:44:10 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=17002 The Transgender Law Center strongly denounces the Supreme Court’s Opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization as a despicable, shameless, and politically-motivated attack on the bodily autonomy of all people, especially those people who are exercising their right to end pregnancies.  

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-denounces-scotus-opinion-overturning-roe-v-wade-and-planned-parenthood-v-casey/feed/ 0 LGBTQ Legal Rights Organizations Move to Protect California’s Trans-Inclusive Incarceration Policy https://transgenderlawcenter.org/lgbtq-legal-rights-organizations-move-to-protect-californias-trans-inclusive-incarceration-policy/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/lgbtq-legal-rights-organizations-move-to-protect-californias-trans-inclusive-incarceration-policy/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 20:09:47 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=16971 Lambda Legal, the Transgender Law Center (TLC), and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by anti-transgender activists against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) challenging SB132, the groundbreaking law protecting transgender people incarcerated in the state of California.

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/lgbtq-legal-rights-organizations-move-to-protect-californias-trans-inclusive-incarceration-policy/feed/ 0 TLC Denounces New Rule Denying Protection from Discrimination to Transgender People Seeking Medical Care https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-denounces-new-rule-denying-protection-from-discrimination-to-transgender-people-seeking-medical-care/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-denounces-new-rule-denying-protection-from-discrimination-to-transgender-people-seeking-medical-care/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:55:47 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15826 Today the Transgender Law Center (TLC) denounced a new rule handed down by the Trump administration that green lights discrimination by health care providers and insurers against transgender and gender nonconforming people (TGNC), especially those who live in states with no state or local protections, TGNC people in rural areas, people with limited English proficiency, […]

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