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San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other LGBTQ+ groups bring new lawsuit against anti-trans executive orders

It’s the latest salvo by LGBTQ+ legal advocates at Lambda Legal.

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.

Pennsylvania Trans Man Wins Court Case Over Name Change

The law bans legal name changes for people convicted of certain felonies and delays them for others.

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.

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.

Colorado Family Files Complaint As School Restricts Trans Six-Year-Old's Bathroom Access

After a year of using the girl's bathroom, a Colorado school district has ordered a transgender first-grader to use the boy's bathroom, or a staff or nurse's restroom. The student's family has filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division.

New York Drops Medicaid's Ban on Trans Health Care

The good news keeps coming for New York's trans citizens seeking healthcare related to gender transition, even as advocates say some work still needs to be done.

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.

North Carolina Health Care Discrimination Suit Can Move Forward

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lower court's decision that the state employees' health plan can indeed be sued over anti-transgender discrimination.

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.

This Trans Woman and Cis Man Found Love in a Misogynistic World

Trans activist Andy Marra finally met a guy with enough confidence to embrace their relationship openly.

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.

Trans Man Claims Discrimination by NYC Parks Dept.

After being denied use of changing facilities at a Staten Island swimming pool, 24-year-old Bryan Ellicott is filing suit against the city's Dept. of Parks and Recreation, alleging discrimination.

W.Va. Trans Women Win Update to DMV Photo Policy

Trudy Kitzmiller (pictured) and four other women threatened to sue the West Virginia DMV after being called 'it,' among other indignities.

Naming Myself as a Chinese Trans Femme

What's in a name? A lot, especially for transgender people.

EEOC Says Walmart Corp. Discriminated Against Trans Worker

The worker and the company will now try to settlte the case; if that doesn't work out, she can sue.

Trans Slurs at the West Virginia DMV

Two West Virginia transgender women claim that DMV employees denied them the right to be photographed as they appear on a regular basis, and say they were both called 'it.'