Legal Issues & Legal Rulings affecting the transgender community, published at URNotAlone.com. New legal articles appear at the top of the listings. See Legal Issues & Legal Rulings article excerpts below and click “Read More” for articles of interest.
stabroeknews.com – By Stabroek staff
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and four men, who were fined last year on a charge of wearing female attire, have filed a motion in the High Court against that section of the law st…
EBAR.com – by Chuck Colbert
A ruling last week by the U.S. Tax Court held that a Massachusetts woman should be permitted to deduct the medical costs associated with her transition for the purposes of filing federal income tax returns – a ruling that…
Campaign.ConstantContact.com – NCTE
In a closely-watched case, the United States Tax Court overwhelmingly ruled on Tuesday in O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue that a transgender woman’s medical expenses for hormone therapy and sex re…
WisLawJournal.com – by Warren Buliox
So one of your long-term employees, Bob, comes into your office and tells you that he no longer identifies with the sex assigned to him at birth and that in two weeks he will begin the process of “transitioning” …
NewYorkLawSchool.TypePad.com – Leonard Link
Finding that transsexuals are at risk of being victimized by hate crimes, New York Supreme Court Justice William J. Giacomo (Supreme Court, Westchester County) has granted a request by a transsexual man th…
Examiner.com – Daniel Weaver – Albany CPS and Family Court Examiner
In a complex decision released yesterday, the Supreme Court of Kings County ruled that a transsexual father has standing to petition for custody of a non-biological child.
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Telegraph.co.uk
A transsexual refused breast enlargement surgery on the NHS is to take her case to the High Court, at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds to the hospital’s budget.
The legally aided gender dysphoria sufferer, who has been livin…
NewYorkLawSchool.TypePad.com – Leonard Link
In a case of first impression, Deputy High Court Judge David Elvin of the High Court of Justice in London ruled on September 4 that prison officials must transfer a transsexual inmate from a men’s prison t…
StarObserver.com.au – Author: Andie Noonan
Two Western Australian (female-to-male) trans men have vowed to fight a state Government appeal against a recent State Administrative Tribunal decision to allow legal gender recognition without surgery.
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Jacksonville.com – By Mary Kelli Palka
Two Yulee High School students were “grateful” Monday when they learned that a federal judge ruled that the Gay-Straight Alliance can meet on campus and have the same privileges as other student groups.
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