Trans rights leader Kris Hayashi to lead advocacy department at National LGBTQ Task Force (exclusive)
Kris Hayashi has been a stalwart advocate in the LGBTQ+ movement for years.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
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This Trans Student’s Legal Victory Is a Clear Rebuke to Trump
The president's administration had tried rolling back protections for transgender students.
MAY 31, 2017
Trans Activists: Trump's Military Ban 'Appalling'
Transgender leaders minced no words about the president's announcement of a new ban on trans service members.
JULY 26, 2017
Sessions: DOJ Will Not Protect Trans People From Workplace Bias
The anti-LGBT attorney general released a memo Thursday that made clear the Justice Department does not believe trans people are protected under federal law.
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OCTOBER 5, 2017
Victory for Trans Rights at Federal Appeals Court
The Seventh Circuit becomes the first federal appeals court to base a ruling on trans student rights on Title IX and the U.S. Constitution.
MAY 30, 2017
EEOC: Yes, Army Discriminated Against Trans Woman
Tamara Lusardi, a trans woman called 'it' by Army supervisors and banned from the women's room, has seen justice served.
APRIL 9, 2015
South Dakota Gov. Vetoes Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill'
Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a measure that would have forced trans students to use the wrong restrooms and locker rooms for their gender identity.
MARCH 1, 2016
Why the Transgender Law Center Is Going After Mike Pence
The vice-presidential nominee and governor of Indiana endorses a law that's making life dangerous for LGBT people in his state. It must be overturned, writes Kris Hayashi of the Transgender Law Center.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
South Dakota Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill' Heads to Governor
The bill would require transgender students to use facilities matching the gender they were assigned at birth.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Trump's New Asylum Rules Threaten LGBTQ Lives
Several civil rights groups spoke out Friday about the harm the new rules will do to LGBTQ people and others.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Wisconsin Trans Student Sues for Equal Bathroom Access
Ashton Whitaker's school is violating federal law by denying him access to the boys' restroom, says the Transgender Law Center.
MAY 12, 2016
N.C. Gov. Signs HB 2 Compromise Despite Criticism From LGBT Groups
The Human Rights Campaign and the American Civil Liberties Union both opposed the compromise.
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MARCH 30, 2017
Fed. Judge: Calif. Must Provide Trans Inmate with Access to Surgery
A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.
APRIL 6, 2015
Idaho Governor Signs Two Anti-Trans Bills Into Law
The bills bar student athletes from teams for the gender with which they identify and prevent residents from changing the gender on their birth certificates.
MARCH 30, 2020
Congressman's Trans Granddaughter Tells Story of Love and Acceptance
Being accepted for who she is "makes me feel great inside," says U.S. Rep. Mike Honda's granddaughter Malisa Phillips.
MAY 16, 2016
California Advances Two Pro-LGBT Bills
One would enact a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBT laws, the other provide for gender-neutral restroom access.
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MAY 9, 2016
Single-Stall Restrooms Could Go Gender-Neutral in Calif.
A San Francisco Democrat has introduced legislation that would require all single-stall restrooms in the state to be available to people of all genders.
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
Wisconsin Trans Student's Discrimination Suit Settled
Ash Whitaker will receive financial compensation, and his district will withdraw an appeal to the Supreme Court.
JANUARY 10, 2018
New ad from LGBTQ Task Force and partners counters Republican anti-trans and racist rhetoric
"Black, white, or brown, native or newcomer, transgender or not, Americans show up for one another," the ad says.
OCTOBER 31, 2024
LGBT Groups Denounce Plan to End DACA
They are calling the Trump administration's action "cruel and cowardly."
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
Denied Female Identity at Barnes & Noble, Calif. Trans Woman Files Suit
Victoria Ramirez claims her managers at Barnes & Noble refused to recognize her as female, barring her from using women's facilities, female pronouns, or even discussing her transition with coworkers.
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MAY 8, 2015