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TLC wins asylum for transgender woman from Mexico

Aurielle Lucier — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 23:22:42 +0000

Last Friday, after 536 days behind bars, TLC client Marianna had her day in Court – and won. Marianna fought through tears and testified brilliantly during her three-hour hearing at Cibola Detention Center in Milan, NM, which ended with a grant of asylum by Immigration Judge O’Hare. The immigration judge found that Marianna had a well-founded fear of future persecution on […]

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Statement from Kris Hayashi on the 2016 election

Xoai Pham — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 20:55:35 +0000

November 9, 2016 — In response to the results of the 2016 U.S. election, Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi issued the following statement: “Today, we are facing a devastating reality. A demagogue who has pledged to destroy our communities and campaigned on open and enthusiastic contempt for our lives – as transgender people, […]

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Victory! Court orders WI school to immediately halt discriminatory policy against transgender student

Xoai Pham — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:13:57 +0000

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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TLC client Athena Cadence takes on SF Jail’s Abusive Housing Policy

Xoai Pham — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:50:05 +0000

On June 1, 2016, after months of abusive treatment while in custody in a San Francisco jail, Athena Cadence decided to take matters into her own hands. She declared a hunger strike, refusing to eat until the San Francisco Sheriff allowed transgender women to be housed with other women and searched by women officers. Her […]

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Safety in the wake of Orlando — community, not police

Xoai Pham — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 01:37:32 +0000

This post was written by Collette Carter in coordination with the ACLU, The Audre Lorde Project, The New York City Anti-Violence Project, Mijente, Southerners On New Ground, National Lawyers Guild, Vision Change Win, BYP100, and Transgender Law Center. Transgender, gender nonconforming, and LGB Latinx communities and communities of color have always protected each other — and the stories from Orlando […]

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TLC condemns new immigration detention center in Texas

Flor Bermudez — Tue, 24 May 2016 21:04:00 +0000

This week, U.S. immigration officials announced they are opening a new detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, which will have a unit devoted to housing transgender detainees. While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have tried to cast this as a positive development for transgender immigrants, this new center is yet another […]

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Big win! Federal gov issues historic guidance on transgender students

Xoai Pham — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000

In a “Dear Colleague” letter, the Department of Education and Department of Justice issued guidance today making it clear that schools must treat transgender students according to their gender identity in all respects and cannot ban transgender students from using facilities that match the gender they live as every day. Transgender Law Center praised the guidance […]

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TLC takes legal action against Wisconsin school district denying transgender boy access to boys’ restrooms

Xoai Pham — Thu, 12 May 2016 22:01:27 +0000

Transgender Law Center takes legal action against Wisconsin school district denying transgender boy access to boys’ restrooms Complaint filed with federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights May 12, 2016 – Transgender Law Center filed a complaint today with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on behalf of a 16-year-old transgender […]

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DOJ to North Carolina: HB2 violates federal law

Xoai Pham — Wed, 04 May 2016 22:40:12 +0000

In a strongly worded letter to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, the U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that North Carolina remedy HB2’s violations of federal law by Monday — or lose millions of dollars in federal funding. The letter comes after several LGBT legal groups, including Transgender Law Center, urged the federal government to […]

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Facebook to change “real name” policy

Xoai Pham — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:18:20 +0000

After over a year of controversy, advocacy, and unsatisfactory efforts to address concerns with its “real name” policy, Facebook has announced a new process for reporting “fake” names and tool for verifying your name if it has been reported. Under its new protocol, people must provide details about why they are reporting a name, instead of simply marking it […]

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