Press Releases
Access to health care
- Transgender Woman Wins Disability Leave Coverage for Facial Feminization Surgery (11-16-11)
- Transgender Rights Group to Hold Third Annual Transgender Health Fair (6-1-09)
- Transgender Advocacy Group Praises President Obama's Move to Rescind Harmful Bush Administration Health Care Regulation (3-3-09)
Identity Documents
- Transgender Rights Group Hails Enactment of California Law Removing Surgery Requirement for Changing Sex on Birth Certificates (10-11-11)
- Transgender Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against New York City Over Refusal to Correct Transgender Birth Certificates (3-22-11)
- Transgender Rights Group to Announce Lawsuit Against New York City Over Refusal to Correct Transgender Birth Certificates (3-21-11)
Other topics
- Transgender Rights Group to Honor Gov. David A. Paterson (5-20-11)
- Transgender Groups Raise Concerns About Tennessee Bill to Ban Local Transgender and Gay Protections (5-9-11)
- Transgender Legal Group Raises Concerns About Montana Bill to Ban Local Transgender and Gay Protections (3-21-11)
Employment
- U.S. Department of Labor Moves to Protect Transgender Employees From Discrimination (4-29-11)
- Female-to-Male Transgender Man Sues to Reclaim Job (4-11-11)
- Transgender Rights Group Hails Reintroduction of Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (3-30-11)
Family
- New York City Adopts Policy Ensuring Transgender People Equal Access to Marriage Licenses (3-8-11)
- Transgender Advocacy Group Applauds Barbara Walters' Feature On Thomas Beatie (11-15-08)
Education
- Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Hails Governor Paterson's Planned Signing Today of Dignity for All Students Act (9-8-10)
- New York State Senate Passes Dignity for All Students Act (6-23-10)
Zikerria Bellamy
Leslie Mora
- Queens County Grand Jury Indicts Two on Hate Crime Charges in Brutal Beating of Transgender Woman (11-24-09)
- Transgender Woman Brutally Beaten in Queens Bias Attack (6-30-09)
- Transgender Woman Brutally Beaten in Queens Bias Attack – Press Conference Scheduled for Tuesday, 6/30/09 at 3 pm on Steps of City Hall (6-29-09)
Lateisha Green
- Community Forum Planned on Transgender Hate Crimes (10-5-09)
- TLDEF Statement on Sentencing in Lateisha Green Trial (8-18-09)
- TLDEF Statement On Verdict In Lateisha Green Trial (7-17-09)
Khadijah Farmer v. Caliente Cab Company
- Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Settles Lawsuit Against West Village Restaurant That Ejected Lesbian Customer After Gay Pride March (5-13-08)
- Transgender Rights Group to Hold Press Conference to Announce Settlement of Lawsuit Against West Village Restaurant that Ejected Lesbian Patron After Gay Pride March (5-12-08)
- Transgender Rights Organization to Hold Press Conference Outside West Village Restaurant that Ejected Lesbian Patron after Gay Pride March (7-2-07)
