Cases Archive - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:45:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Cases Archive - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/ 32 32 GSA Network v. Morath https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/gsa-network-v-morath/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:29:06 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?post_type=case&p=24675 Transgender Law Center (TLC), the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, and Baker McKenzie filed a lawsuit challenging key aspects of Texas Senate Bill 12 (S.B. 12) on behalf of the GSA Network, Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT), a Texas teacher, Polly Poe , and an individual student, Rebecca Roe, by way her parent […]

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]]> Kingdom v. Trump https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/kingdom-v-trump/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:34:04 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?post_type=case&p=24286 In March 2025, Transgender Law Center, the ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project, the ACLU National Prison Project, and the ACLU of DC filed Kingdom v. Trump, a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) challenging an Executive Order and new BOP policies prohibiting access to gender-affirming care for […]

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]]> OUTMemphis v. Lee https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/outmemphis-v-lee/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:19:04 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?post_type=case&p=23281 TLC, the Racial Justice Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee are challenging a Tennessee law that targets Black trans and cis women and saddles people living with HIV with felony convictions and sex offender registration requirements for conduct that would otherwise be a misdemeanor, in violation […]

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]]> Lorena Borjas https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/lorena-borjas/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:27:22 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15634 Lorena Borjas, a transgender Latina woman and well-known advocate who has helped countless transgender women like herself survive trafficking and other abusive situations. Based in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, Lorena has spent years walking the streets and supporting others to escape abusive situations, providing condoms and food, connecting the trans women she meets […]

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]]> Marichuy Leal Gamino https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/marichuy-leal-gamino/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:12:09 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15632 Content warning: Descriptions of sexual violence. Marichuy Leal Gamino is a transgender woman who was detained by ICE for over a year at the for-profit private Eloy detention center in Arizona. At Eloy, she was imprisoned with men and was raped by her cellmate. While in detention Marichuy reported experiencing sexual harassment, bullying, lewd comments, […]

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]]> Raven v. Polis https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/colorado-class-action-lawsuit/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:41:08 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15617 On November 22nd, 2019, Transgender Law Center (TLC) and King & Greisen, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all transgender women who are or will be in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC).

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]]> Chin Tsui https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/chin-tsui/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:39:41 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15556 Chin Tsui is a trans man who is a survivor of human trafficking. He's been detained by ICE. We're working to #BringChinHome.

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]]> Victoria Ramirez https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/victoria-ramirez/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:19:45 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15108 Transgender Law Center, Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP, and the Law Offices of G. Samuel Cleaver filed suit against Barnes & Noble, Inc.

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]]> Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/masterpiece-cakeshop-v-colorado-civil-rights-commission/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:13:35 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15107 Transgender Law Center joined organizations across the country in filing a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to reject discrimination as it considers Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

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]]> Marianna https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/marianna/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:06:48 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?post_type=case&p=15106 Transgender Law Center 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.

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