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California court issues nonbinary gender change to TLC client - a.t. furuya
San Diego, CA – Today, a court granted a name and gender change to Transgender Law Center client a.t. furuya, making a.t. the second person in California and the third in the country to obtain “nonbinary” as their legally designated gender.
“For the first time, I feel seen for who I am and not torn in two directions,” said a.t., a 34-year-old from San Diego who uses they/them pronouns. “Whenever I go to the bank or a bar or the airport, I get anxious about showing my I.D. with its line that says ‘female.’ I never know which box someone will try to put me in, and since I don’t fit either, people often don’t know what to do with me. I know it will take people a while to understand what it means to be nonbinary, but this order means I am not on my own anymore – my state recognizes me.”
Anti-LGBT Governor Pat McCrory concedes to Roy Cooper in governor’s race bit.ly/2guOeLf
McCrory, who became the first sitting North Carolina governor to lose a re-election bid, was weighed down by a series of divisive laws he signed, including House Bill 2.
That law limited LGBT rights and directed transgender people to use restrooms in schools and government buildings corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificates. It led to companies, sports organizations and entertainers pulling their business from the state, costing hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in spending.
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Trans rights activists scored a major win this year. Now they’re fighting to keep it.
As the 2016 election lurches to a close, activists in Massachusetts are already looking ahead to the 2018 midterms to protect recent gains for transgender people across the state.
In July, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a bill that prohibits discrimination against trans people in public spaces, a broad category that includes banks, businesses, government buildings, and crucially, hospitals and medical clinics.
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#ChynaGibson is the third reported murder of a Black transgender woman this month.
Transgender woman Chyna Doll Dupree was shot and killed outside of a shopping center in New Orleans Saturday night, according to the Times-Picayune.
Dupree was also a drag performer. Though the Times-Picayune did identify her as trans, it also chose to “dead name” Dupree, meaning it used her birth name in the story.
One more day for trans youth (13-17) to apply to #transTRUTH!
The national #transTRUTH council is filling two seats!
Transgender Law Center and GSA Network, TRUTH is a national storytelling and movement-building campaign that aims to build a network of transgender and gender nonconforming young people changing narratives around gender by telling their own stories in their own ways.
The National TRans yoUTH (TRUTH) Council will help lead a youth movement for transgender justice by working with other transgender and gender nonconforming youth to share their stories, create media campaigns, and organize with TGNC folks on a national level. In recognition of the effort and work council members are expected to put in, a stipend will be included.
Trans student won right to run for prom king, now he’s suing to use boys’ bathroom
“Transgender youth should have the same opportunity as all other students to go to school and get an education without being singled out for harassment and discrimination by school administrators,” said Kris Hayashi, the executive director of the Transgender Law Center, which is representing Whitaker along with lawyers from firms in Milwaukee and Washington, D.C.
Trans and gender-nonconforming people are tearing down gender-based power structures.
The video, titled “Gender Is Over,” is by Gender Proud — a transgender-owned New York-based media company dedicated to capturing the trans and gender-nonconforming experience — takes a look at the intersection between gender identity, expression, and everything in between.
3 trans women were murdered in Mexico in the past 2 weeks. Paola Ledezma, Itzel Durán & Alessa Flores. #RestInPower
Paola Ledezma, Itzel Durán and Alessa Flores are the names of three transgender women murdered in Mexico in the past two weeks. The responsibility for these murders goes beyond those who shot, stabbed and strangled them. We are complicit as a society. At least 265 trans people have been killed in Mexico since 1995. And we should take responsibility.
On Sept. 16-17, TLC, GSA Network and Trans Youth - Truth Project will host a two-day organizing workshop for transgender and gender nonconforming youth of color (14-21) in the East Bay Area.
Apply today: bit.ly/GetLitYouth