303 Creative SCOTUS Ruling Is Signal to Keep Fighting, Activists Say
The Supreme Court's ruling is narrow in scope but sets the stage for more chipping away at antidiscrimination law.
June 30, 2023
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transgender legal defense
Two major national transgender rights organizations announce merger
The National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund will merge to form a new organiation.
January 19, 2024
Op-ed: Remember Trans People Lost Serving in Silence
The executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund has an important reminder for Memorial Day.
May 26, 2014
Georgia State Workers Sue Over Denial of Trans Health Care Coverage
The exclusion isn't just wrong, it's illegal, says the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund.
December 16, 2022
Georgia to Cover Gender-Affirming Care for State Workers Under Settlement of Lawsuit
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund had sued on behalf of state employees denied coverage.
October 19, 2023
Tennessee Sued Over Assault on Trans Health Care
This is unlawful discrimination, says the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, which is representing two trans women in the suit.
May 25, 2023
Trans Group Leaves OutServe-SLDN, Joins SPART*A
The transgender group of OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network announced Monday that it is cutting ties with the embattled organization, partnering with a new splinter group formed in the wake of a public controversy.
July 22, 2013
North Carolina and West Virginia can't deny trans health care: federal appeals court
The bans for state employees and Medicaid recipients, respectively, are unconstitutional, the Fourth Circuit ruled.
April 30, 2024
Ayanna Pressley on Introducing Bill to Advance Trans Rights
The lawmaker from Massachusetts made the announcement on Transgender Day of Visibility.
March 31, 2023
Trans Woman Wins Landmark Settlement in Suit Over Mistreatment in Jail
Makyyla Holland's lawsuit said she was housed with men, beaten, and denied medication while jailed in Broome County, N.Y.
August 28, 2023
Denying gender-affirming care coverage violates federal law, says appeals court
The 11th Circuit made the ruling in the case of Houston County, Ga., sheriff's deputy Anna Lange.
May 14, 2024
A Trump-Appointed Judge Refuses to Stop Misgendering a Defendant
Stuart Kyle Duncan has long been an enemy of LGBTQ people -- he's now taken his seething animus to the federal bench.
January 24, 2020
Trans Man's Widow Wins Battle With Pension Provider
The story of one woman's fight against the pension provider for her deceased trans husband serves as a reminder of both the progress made in trans rights, as well as the distance left to go.
April 7, 2014
New Coalition Promotes Passage of Equality Act
The Equality Act would improve "the lives of millions of LGBTQ people in this country and our families," says Kierra Johnson, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund.
March 23, 2021
North Carolina Can't Deny Health Care to Trans State Workers
The exclusion of coverage for gender-affirming health care is illegal discrimination, a federal judge ruled Friday.
June 10, 2022
There's Never Been a Better Time for the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement
"Anyone in this movement would tell you that no matter the setbacks we face, we're still further along today than we've ever been before."
June 17, 2022
Florida Dems File Bill Ending Gay and Trans Panic Defense
The bill would forbid defendants from claiming in court that they were temporarily incapacitated with shock over discovering a potential partner's sexual orientation or gender identity.
January 26, 2023
