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"Flying Solo" Screening at OutFest and NewFest This Month

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July 2, 2014

Lambda Legal's video, "Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination," about 92-year-old transgender widow and veteran Robina Asti, will be playing at two film festivals this month.

See Also: Robina Asti, Seniors, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Mourns the Loss of Transgender Client Naya Taylor

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June 26, 2014

Late last Friday Lambda Legal received word that its client, Naya Taylor, unexpectedly passed away after complications from a heart attack.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Files Complaint for Anti-LGBT Slur on Restaurant Receipt

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June 10, 2014

Lambda Legal filed a complaint today in the Washington, D.C., Office of Human Rights on behalf of Amira Gray, a transgender woman who was given a restaurant receipt with an anti-LGBT slur printed on it.

See Also: Transgender Rights
In My Own Words: Donisha McShan

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June 10, 2014

I am a transgender woman. I first realized that I felt more like a girl than a boy when I was four years old, but it wasn’t until 1999 that I started hormone therapy. For the past fifteen years, I have lived openly in the world as a woman.

See Also: Transgender Rights
"Flying Solo" at Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival

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April 24, 2014

Lambda Legal's video "Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination" about Robina Asti, a 92-year-old transgender widow, will be playing at Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival.

See Also: Seniors, Transgender Rights
Title VII and ENDA Game Plan

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April 24, 2014

Recently, the federal district court for the District of Columbia issued an important decision in a case about whether Title VII protects lesbian, gay and bisexual workers from discrimination.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, ENDA, Religious Exemptions, Title VII, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Sues Doctor and Clinic for Denying Medical Care to Transgender Woman

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April 16, 2014

Yesterday, in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Naya Taylor, a transgender woman denied medical care after she requested hormone replacement therapy.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
Social Security Administration Updates Procedures for Transgender Spouses Following Lambda Legal Advocacy

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April 2, 2014

Yesterday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) updated its policies and procedures regarding the ability of transgender individuals to receive benefits through their spouses.

See Also: Marriage, Robina Asti, Seniors, Social Security Administration, Transgender Rights
Transgender Day of Visibility 2014

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March 31, 2014

Today, March 31, is the 5th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility, when we celebrate those who have worked to elevate the powerful experiences of transgender people.

See Also: HIV, Immigration and Asylum, Proyecto Igualdad, Transgender Day of Visibility, Transgender Rights, West Coast Liberty Awards
Transgender Day of Visibility; Out of Sight, Out of Mind

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March 28, 2014

Visibility is the opposite of “out of sight, out of mind”.

See Also: Transgender Day of Visibility, Transgender Rights