Today, TLC launched our Action Center to keep you updated with the latest legislation and political information impacting the transgender community. Check it out!
Staff Attorney Sasha Buchert delves into three types of anti-trans legislation to look out for:
1. “Bathroom Bills”
2. Pre-emption Bills
3. First Amendment Defense Acts (FADAs)
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Building Alliances: An Interview with Kris Hayashi of the Transgender Law Center
“Issues of racial justice are transgender issues. Issues of poverty and economic justice are transgender issues. It’s critical for those of us in the transgender movement to build alliances with those movements. Because whether it’s immigrant rights or police brutality or economic justice—those are all issues that affect transgender people, particularly transgender people of color.”
Transgender boy wins girls’ wrestling championship in Texas
High school wrestler Mack Beggs walked out of the Texas sports complex with a smile on his face and a gold medal dangling from his neck. He had just won the University Interscholastic League (UIL) state championship, making him the league’s first transgender boy to win a girls’ state wrestling title.
#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.
TOMORROW: TLC and GSA Network will host an online Town Hall On Transgender Student Rights.
The Trump administration has rescinded a guidance on transgender students. We are bringing together trans youth leaders, community leaders, legal experts and allies from across the country to discuss what this means and what’s next for trans youth advocacy.
Time: 2 PM PT/5 PM ET
Register here: bit.ly/2lr7DkW
The Trans Legal Clinic Calendar relies on submissions from the community. If you know of any gender or name change workshops or clinics coming up, submit them to us at bit.ly/TLCLegalClinics.
Help us demand ICE to #FreeMsGonzalez: bit.ly/2lnWe6t.
Read more about Ms. Gonzalez here: bit.ly/2lTCQ1K
Love starts from within. Happy Valentine’s Day to our transgender and gender nonconforming family!