TLC Victory Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/tlc-victory/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:29:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png TLC Victory Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/tlc-victory/ 32 32 U.S. Citizenship is not Required for Legal Name Change in Indiana https://transgenderlawcenter.org/u-s-citizenship-is-not-required-for-legal-name-change-in-indiana/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/u-s-citizenship-is-not-required-for-legal-name-change-in-indiana/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:04:52 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15917 A Court of Appeals of Indiana has taken the final step in the process and certified a decision that a state name-change law does not require a petitioner to be a U.S. citizen to change their name. The ruling, issued last week, is now the guiding law in the state of Indiana, and when non-citizens and […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/u-s-citizenship-is-not-required-for-legal-name-change-in-indiana/feed/ 0 TLC wins rare Governor’s pardon for celebrated trans advocate Lorena Borjas https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-rare-governors-pardon-for-celebrated-trans-advocate-lorena-borjas/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-rare-governors-pardon-for-celebrated-trans-advocate-lorena-borjas/#respond Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:06:15 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14175 (New York, NY) – Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo granted a rare pardon to Lorena Borjas, a transgender Latina woman and well-known advocate who has helped countless transgender women like herself survive trafficking and other abusive situations. Lorena was at high risk of deportation due to old convictions from when she herself was being […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-rare-governors-pardon-for-celebrated-trans-advocate-lorena-borjas/feed/ 0 TLC wins BIA (Board of Immigration Appeal) appeal for remand for trans immigrant to apply for asylum https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-bia-board-of-immigration-appeal-appeal-for-release-of-trans-immigrant-in-detention/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-bia-board-of-immigration-appeal-appeal-for-release-of-trans-immigrant-in-detention/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:58:44 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14065 (Virginia) – Late last week, Transgender Law Center (TLC), the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people, won an appeal of the U.S. government’s order of removal for Marianna, a transgender woman who emigrated from Mexico almost 20 years ago. In the appeal, TLC argued that the government violated Marianna’s due process, guaranteed […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-wins-bia-board-of-immigration-appeal-appeal-for-release-of-trans-immigrant-in-detention/feed/ 0 Groundbreaking Legislation to Honor Dignity of Transgender People in Prison Is Signed Into Law by Governor Brown https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-legislation-to-honor-dignity-of-transgender-people-in-prison-is-signed-into-law-by-governor-brown/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-legislation-to-honor-dignity-of-transgender-people-in-prison-is-signed-into-law-by-governor-brown/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:58:25 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14064 (Sacramento, CA) – Last night, for the first time in California history, legislation written by currently and formerly incarcerated transgender people was signed into law. Senate Bill 310 (the Name and Dignity Act), authored by Senator Toni Atkins of San Diego and co-authored by Senator Beall, Senator Wiener, Assemblymember Chiu, Assemblymember Garcia, Assemblymember Gloria, and […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-legislation-to-honor-dignity-of-transgender-people-in-prison-is-signed-into-law-by-governor-brown/feed/ 0 CA Gov. Brown signs Gender Recognition Act creating nonbinary gender marker https://transgenderlawcenter.org/ca-gov-brown-signs-gender-recognition-act-creating-nonbinary-gender-marker/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/ca-gov-brown-signs-gender-recognition-act-creating-nonbinary-gender-marker/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:24:33 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14062 (Sacramento, CA) – Last night, Governor Brown signed into law SB 179, the Gender Recognition Act, which makes it easier for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people to obtain state-issued identity documents that reflect their gender. Authored by Senators Toni Atkins and Scott Wiener and sponsored by Transgender Law Center and Equality California, the Gender Recognition […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/ca-gov-brown-signs-gender-recognition-act-creating-nonbinary-gender-marker/feed/ 0 Groundbreaking 7th Circuit Ruling in Favor of Ash Whitaker, Transgender Student Seeking Access to Correct Bathroom https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-7th-circuit-ruling-in-favor-of-ash-whitaker-transgender-student-seeking-access-to-correct-bathroom/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-7th-circuit-ruling-in-favor-of-ash-whitaker-transgender-student-seeking-access-to-correct-bathroom/#respond Tue, 30 May 2017 19:37:56 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13892 (Chicago, May 30, 2017) Today, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a groundbreaking ruling in favor of Ash Whitaker, the transgender student plaintiff in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District. In a unanimous decision authored by Judge Ann Claire Williams, the court upheld the preliminary injunction, issued by a federal district court in September […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-7th-circuit-ruling-in-favor-of-ash-whitaker-transgender-student-seeking-access-to-correct-bathroom/feed/ 0 Victory! Court orders WI school to immediately halt discriminatory policy against transgender student https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-court-orders-wi-school-to-immediately-halt-discriminatory-policy-against-transgender-student/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-court-orders-wi-school-to-immediately-halt-discriminatory-policy-against-transgender-student/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:13:57 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13294 Click here to view legal documents, photos of Ash, and more about the history of this case.  (Kenosha, WI) – A federal court today ruled that a Wisconsin school must immediately halt its discriminatory policy of singling out a transgender boy, Ashton Whitaker, and forcing him to use a restroom separate from all other students. […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-court-orders-wi-school-to-immediately-halt-discriminatory-policy-against-transgender-student/feed/ 0 Victory for South Carolina student suspended for using boys’ bathroom! https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-for-south-carolina-student-suspended-for-using-boys-bathroom/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-for-south-carolina-student-suspended-for-using-boys-bathroom/#respond Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:31:07 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=12800 Today, a week after Transgender Law Center sent a demand letter on behalf of a transgender student who was suspended for using the bathroom matching his gender identity, Horry County Schools reversed course on school policies around bathroom use and agreed to adopt new policies to treat transgender students fairly. “We are so grateful and excited about […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-for-south-carolina-student-suspended-for-using-boys-bathroom/feed/ 0 Q&A with Shiloh Quine about her historic victory https://transgenderlawcenter.org/qa-with-shiloh-quine-about-her-historic-victory/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/qa-with-shiloh-quine-about-her-historic-victory/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2015 18:37:08 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=11867 After winning a historic settlement with the State of California, Shiloh Quine, a 56-year old transgender woman held a men’s prison, will be the first transgender woman we know of to receive gender-affirming surgery while incarcerated. In addition to providing her with gender-affirming surgery “as promptly as possible” and moving her to a women’s prison, […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/qa-with-shiloh-quine-about-her-historic-victory/feed/ 0 State of CA and Transgender Law Center reach historic settlement over trans prisoner health care https://transgenderlawcenter.org/state-of-ca-and-transgender-law-center-reach-historic-settlement-over-trans-prisoner-health-care/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/state-of-ca-and-transgender-law-center-reach-historic-settlement-over-trans-prisoner-health-care/#respond Sat, 08 Aug 2015 01:11:33 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=11861 Today, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reached a groundbreaking settlement with Shiloh Quine, a transgender woman held in a men’s prison, to move her to a women’s facility and provide medical care, including gender-affirming surgery, determined necessary by several medical and mental health professionals. In the settlement, the state also agreed to change […]

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