Iowa Decides Landmark Transgender Rights Case
April 24, 2019
An Iowa City jury ruled in favor of a transgender employee who had faced illegal discrimination based on his sexual orientation and gender identity.
June 19, 2021
A new Tennessee law prohibits transgender students and staff from using bathrooms or locker rooms that conform to their gender identity.
April 24, 2019
An Iowa City jury ruled in favor of a transgender employee who had faced illegal discrimination based on his sexual orientation and gender identity.
February 8, 2019
At the end of January 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States allowed President Trump’s transgender military ban to go into effect.
January 15, 2019
A federal appeals court in Washington DC recently ruled that restrictions on transgender troops in the military is permitted to stand.
January 4, 2019
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a transgender inmate at a Federal Correctional Complex has good cause to receive a name change.
December 11, 2018
The Department of Justice announced plans to ask the US Supreme Court to review President Trump’s ban on military service for transgender individuals.
November 20, 2018
A federal judge in Cincinnati, Ohio recently dismissed a lawsuit against a judge who denied a transgender person’s request for a name change.
Category: LGBTQ and Law State Laws
November 13, 2018
A Massachusetts state law that is designed to protect transgender individuals from discrimination in areas like restrooms has been affirmed by a statewide referendum.
Category: LGBTQ and Law
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October 16, 2018
New Jersey Department of Education sends guidelines to schools explaining how to follow 2017 protection laws for transgender students.
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September 20, 2018
A woman who sued Planet Fitness after the company revoked her membership due to a complaint about a transgender woman in the locker room won an appeal.