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Lambda Legal Commemorates Transgender Day of Remembrance

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November 20, 2013

On this, the 15th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor those we have lost to anti-transgender hatred and violence, including Islan Nettles, who was beaten to death last August while she was simply walking down the street.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Violence, Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Transgender Rights
Transgender Awareness Week 2013

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November 14, 2013

This week is Transgender Awareness Week.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies

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November 5, 2013

This blog post was co-authored by Dru Levasseur, Director of the Transgender Rights Project at Lambda Legal, and Shane Snowdon, Director of HRC's Health and Aging Program.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
LGBT Advocates Issue Guidance to Hospitals for Treating Transgender Patients

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November 5, 2013

Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC Foundation), and the LGBT Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association, with pro bono assistance from Hogan Lovells US, LLP, have jointly released a unique, groundbreaking publication that will provide much-needed guidance to hospitals seeking to improve health care for transgender patients.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights
National Coming Out Day is 25!

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October 11, 2013

National Coming Out Day is 25!

See Also: Coming Out, National Coming Out Day, Transgender Rights, Youth, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Lambda Legal Urges NY High Court to Reinstate Hate Crime Conviction in Death of Transgender Woman

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October 7, 2013

Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the New York Court of Appeals urging the court to reinstate the 2009 conviction of Dwight DeLee, who was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime in the 2008 shooting death in Syracuse of Lateisha Green, a transgender woman. Lambda Legal Senior Staff Attorney Thomas Ude, Jr said:

See Also: Anti-LGBT Violence, Hate Crimes, People v. DeLee, Transgender Rights
I Have a Dream: Trans Day of RESILIENCE

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September 19, 2013

Throughout our country’s ongoing experiment with democracy, we’ve seen historically oppressed groups struggle for basic legal rights and the recognition of their humanity.

See Also: Hate Crimes, Transgender Rights
Victory! Lambda Legal Helps S.D. Transgender Employee Win Landmark Settlement

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September 16, 2013

Today Lambda Legal announced a landmark settlement for Cori McCreery, a transgender woman in South Dakota who was terminated from her job after she informed her employer that she would be taking steps to transition from male to female at work.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights
In My Own Words: Cori McCreery

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September 16, 2013

When I was fired from my job at Don’s Valley Market because I am transgender, it shook me.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender Rights
Ending the "Panic"

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August 29, 2013

We look to courts for justice, not to reinforce prejudices.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Discrimination, Fair Courts Project, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Transgender Rights