DCist.com
Even if the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will move forward without the transgender segment of the LGBT community, the District’s transgender residents did score a victory yesterday. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier issued a department general order on how transgender citizens should be treated by MPD officers when placed under arrest.
In June, the DC Trans Coalition organized a forum to discuss changes needed from D.C.’s police, fire and emergency medical services with regards to the transgender community. Since then, the group worked with the MPD and its Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit to move forward on those changes. A press release from DC Trans Coalition says the order, “sets the highest standards in the nation for the treatment of transgender people by police officers.”