Positively Trans Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/positively-trans/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Positively Trans Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/positively-trans/ 32 32 Plaintiffs File Federal Suit to Overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution Statute https://transgenderlawcenter.org/plaintiffs-file-federal-suit-to-overturn-tennessees-aggravated-prostitution-statute/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/plaintiffs-file-federal-suit-to-overturn-tennessees-aggravated-prostitution-statute/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:40:54 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=22872 For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Plaintiffs file federal suit to overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute Lawsuit challenges requirement to register as a violent sex offender based on HIV status Memphis, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute and related sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional and violate the […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/plaintiffs-file-federal-suit-to-overturn-tennessees-aggravated-prostitution-statute/feed/ 0 The Health Not Prisons Collective Vows to Combat Anti-Black Racism, End Criminalization of Pandemics and Abolish Systems of Imprisonment https://transgenderlawcenter.org/the-health-not-prisons-collective-vows-to-combat-anti-black-racism-end-criminalization-of-pandemics-and-abolish-systems-of-imprisonment/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/the-health-not-prisons-collective-vows-to-combat-anti-black-racism-end-criminalization-of-pandemics-and-abolish-systems-of-imprisonment/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:55:51 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15902 The Health Not Prisons Collective is a new, three year national initiative of longtime collaborators led by, and accountable to, communities most affected by HIV criminalization in the United States: Counter Narrative Project, Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN), Sero Project, Transgender Law Center, and the U.S. Caucus of People Living with HIV (The Caucus). […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/the-health-not-prisons-collective-vows-to-combat-anti-black-racism-end-criminalization-of-pandemics-and-abolish-systems-of-imprisonment/feed/ 0 WATCH: New Positively Trans videos for World AIDS Day https://transgenderlawcenter.org/watch-new-positively-trans-videos-for-world-aids-day/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/watch-new-positively-trans-videos-for-world-aids-day/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:26:00 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15529 December 1st is World AIDS Day, and this year, TLC’s Positively Trans Program has over a dozen inspiring new videos written and produced by Positively Trans members through our digital storytelling workshops. As Tasha Mack shares in one video, “I realized that my story needed to be heard… I have to remain brave, strong, and […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/watch-new-positively-trans-videos-for-world-aids-day/feed/ 0 In Sweeping Attack on Lives of LGBTQ People and People Living with HIV, HHS Gives Green Light to Discriminate https://transgenderlawcenter.org/in-sweeping-attack-on-lives-of-lgbtq-people-and-people-living-with-hiv-hhs-gives-green-light-to-discriminate/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/in-sweeping-attack-on-lives-of-lgbtq-people-and-people-living-with-hiv-hhs-gives-green-light-to-discriminate/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2019 21:59:58 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15469 Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that they are stripping nondiscrimination protections, including protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in all HHS grants, which are composed of taxpayer dollars. The new proposal will also give HHS the green light to fund recipients who do not treat same-sex marriages as […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/in-sweeping-attack-on-lives-of-lgbtq-people-and-people-living-with-hiv-hhs-gives-green-light-to-discriminate/feed/ 0 Wellness for Our Communities Provides A Starting Point for Further Engagement on HIV Advocacy https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-welcomes-bran-fenner-as-director-of-people-and-organizational-culture-2-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-welcomes-bran-fenner-as-director-of-people-and-organizational-culture-2-2/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:03:25 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14640 Today Positively Trans (T+) announced the results of their 2018 needs assessment of transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people living with HIV in three locations in the U.S.: Detroit, Michigan, New Orleans, Louisiana, and South Florida. The cross-site report, titled Wellness for Our Communities, focused on barriers to health and well-being for TGNC people living […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-welcomes-bran-fenner-as-director-of-people-and-organizational-culture-2-2/feed/ 0 “We don’t just provide services, we change lives:” Spotlight on Arianna Lint https://transgenderlawcenter.org/we-dont-just-provide-services-we-change-lives-spotlight-on-arianna-lint/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/we-dont-just-provide-services-we-change-lives-spotlight-on-arianna-lint/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:26:45 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14571 Last month, the Trump administration proposed a new regulation attacking trans people’s access to health care. If this rule is finalized (note: you can still take action to stop it!), transgender people of color living with HIV will be some of the most intensely impacted. The good news is we have incredible community advocates like […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/we-dont-just-provide-services-we-change-lives-spotlight-on-arianna-lint/feed/ 0 If Silence=Death, Where is the HIV Community’s Voice Resisting the War Against Immigrants in the United States? https://transgenderlawcenter.org/if-silencedeath-where-is-the-hiv-communitys-voice-resisting-the-war-against-immigrants-in-the-united-states/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/if-silencedeath-where-is-the-hiv-communitys-voice-resisting-the-war-against-immigrants-in-the-united-states/#respond Tue, 01 May 2018 21:22:40 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14263 Transgender Law Center signed on to the following statement along with many other organizations listed below. This is a call to marshal our full resources, voice, and political power in support of immigrants targeted by hateful policies and dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric.  Borders are imaginary political lines drawn to consolidate power and resources. They divide and separate communities […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/if-silencedeath-where-is-the-hiv-communitys-voice-resisting-the-war-against-immigrants-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 Are you #ACApositive? https://transgenderlawcenter.org/are-you-acapositive/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/are-you-acapositive/#respond Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:56:10 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14254 By Cecilia Chung, Senior Director of Strategic Projects You might have seen news since last week that, once again, the Trump administration is attacking health care – this time, specifically trying to undermine protections for transgender people. What you probably haven’t seen? The stories of people like me, transgender people of color living with HIV, […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/are-you-acapositive/feed/ 0 Trans people living with HIV take back health care debate with #ACApositive https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-people-living-with-hiv-take-back-health-care-debate-with-acapositive/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-people-living-with-hiv-take-back-health-care-debate-with-acapositive/#respond Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:42:11 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14252 Transgender Law Center’s Positively Trans project launches new campaign to elevate voices of trans people living with HIV in national conversation about health care Transgender Law Center’s Positively Trans project today launched #ACApositive, a campaign to shift the conversation about health care and the Affordable Care Act towards a focus on the life-or-death stakes for […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-people-living-with-hiv-take-back-health-care-debate-with-acapositive/feed/ 0 Trans people of color speak out for World AIDS Day https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-people-of-color-speak-out-for-world-aids-day/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trans-people-of-color-speak-out-for-world-aids-day/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:25:49 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14106 Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. We know that transgender people are disproportionately impacted by the epidemic, but our voices and leadership too often are silenced or marginalized. For this World AIDS Day, our Positively Trans program has released three new videos by and about trans people of color living with HIV. Watch and […]

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