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Transgender Discrimination

Stop Arresting New Yorkers for Carrying Condoms

Abe George | Posted 04.29.2013 | New York
Abe George

Targeting condoms is ineffective at deterring prostitution and threatens public health, and the practice also contributes to police discrimination against New York's LGBT community.

Transgender Woman Cited For Trespassing For Using Women's Bathroom

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 04.16.2013 | Gay Voices

An Idaho transgender woman was cited for trespassing last week for using the women's bathroom in a grocery store. Ally Robledo, 25, was cited April...

Virginia Spa Admits Its Policy Forbids 'Abnormal' Gay, Transgender Patrons

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 03.04.2013 | Gay Voices

UPDATE: Spa World manager James Lee said reports his business had admitted to refusing gay and transgender customers was inaccurate. Though he did not...

School Tells Transgender Teen To Use Private Restroom Reserved For 'Janitor Staff, Students With Medical Disabilities'

Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 11.14.2012 | Gay Voices

A transgender student from Canada has allegedly been barred from using the men's restroom at school. James Spencer, 16, says that he has been told...

School Condemned For 'Accommodating Disordered Desires' Of Transgender Students

Posted 10.17.2012 | Gay Voices

An Illinois anti-gay Christian hate group voiced its condemnation of a newly affirmed school policy for transgender-inclusion, claiming the "feckless ...

Stephanie and Ukea: 10 Years Later

Monica Roberts | Posted 10.12.2012 | Gay Voices
Monica Roberts

Ten years later, the double murder of transteens Stephanie Thomas and Ukea Davis still hasn't been solved. It saddens me and other DC-area transpeople who remember that horrific crime that it hasn't.

Let's Be Clear: Transgender Discrimination Is Sex Discrimination

Ian Thompson | Posted 10.09.2012 | Gay Voices
Ian Thompson

We at the ACLU will continue to push for clarity that bans on sex discrimination protect those who are transgender. Let's celebrate the fact that it is becoming increasingly clear that discrimination against transgender individuals, be it in the workplace or in a health-care setting, is sex discrimination.

Bar Calls Transgender Woman 'Dude,' Turns Her Away On Ladies' Night

Posted 03.06.2012 | Gay Voices

The owner of Bishop Tavern and Lounge in St. Petersburg, Florida has issued an apology to a transgender woman who was turned away on ladies night, the...

The Inseparable Link Between Discrimination, Economic Injustice, And Anti-Transgender Violence

Peggy Shorey | Posted 04.24.2012 | Gay Voices
Peggy Shorey

Deoni Jones was 23 years old, fatally stabbed while waiting at a bus stop in Washington, D.C. Police say they have no evidence that this particular stabbing was related to her gender identity. Regardless, she was one of too many transgender women violently killed.

One Positive Story Emerges Amid Discrimination Against Transgender Latinos

Posted 12.19.2011 | Latino Voices

The story of Valeria Villalta, a 30-year-old transgender immigrant from El Salvador, has a rare positive outcome. Many others aren't so fortunate. ...

Illinois Transgender Woman Wins Employment Lawsuit

Posted 11.15.2011 | Chicago

Story by Kate Sosin, courtesy of the Windy City Times In what could be the first employment discrimination judgment made in favor of a transgender ...

Obama White House Not Appealing Transgender Ruling

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoi...