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commondreams.org – ACLU
ACLU and Lambda Legal Argue That Doctors, Not Legislators, Should Determine Medical Treatment
Chicago – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments today in a case defending the right of transgen…
leagle.com
IN THE MATTER OF H.S.
No. A-4095-08T3.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
Submitted: May 5, 2010.
Decided: July 14, 2010.
Disability Rights New Jersey, attorneys for appellant H.S. (Susan W. Saidel, on the br…
windycitymediagroup.com – HRC News Release
Trial Judge Rules for Plaintiff Couples, Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Challenging Discriminatory Law
Washington – The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgend…
commondreams.org
Contact: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force – Inga Sarda-Sorensen, Director of Communications
Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an appeal from the Christian Legal Society, which sued to get funding and recogniti…
leagle.com – Leagle, Inc
DONNA MARIE DUMONT LAVALLEE
v.
MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY.
Civil Action No. 09-10201-RGS.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
June 11, 2010.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON APPELLANT…
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VANESSA ADAMSB, legal name, Nicholas Adams, Plaintiff,
v.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al., Defendants.
Civil Action No. 09-10272-JLT.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
June 7, 2010.
MEMORANDUM
JOSEPH L. TA…
newyorklawschool.typepad.com – Leonard Link
Chief U.S. District Judge Charles N. Clevert, Jr., issued two lengthy opinions this month rejecting the state of Wisconsin’s stance on medical treatment for transsexual prison inmates. In one case, Fields…
styleite.com – Ruthie Friedlander
Givenchy made a bold statement to the transgendered community when designer Riccardo Tisci cast Lea T., formerly Leo T, in the brand’s Fall/Winter 2010 ad campaign. Lea may not yet be a professional model, but Tisci…
texastribune.org – by Brandi Grissom
The El Paso County attorney wants the state’s top lawyer to tell her whether she can issue a marriage certificate to a woman and a biological male who had a sex change operation to become a woman.
County Atto…
4hoteliers.com – By Philip Moss
Good Eats, runs a family restaurant in a state which prohibits discrimination in employment based upon gender identity and disability.
Its employees are required to wear name-tags, and to dress the same (black p…