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.
MarketWatch.com – Greenberg Glusker
Undeterred Greenberg Glusker Attorney Prevents Deportation of Abuse Victim to Mexico
Los Angeles (Business Wire) – As a result of the determination of a young Greenberg Glusker litigator, a physical and sexual …
CTLawTribune.com – By Douglas S. Malan
Employment attorneys and lawyers for advocacy groups are keeping a close eye on a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. that could provide additional protections for transgender people in the work force.
But i…
Law.com – Marcia Coyle – The National Law Journal
A transgender job bias suit against the Library of Congress moves to trial Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., with potentially major implications for federal anti-discrimination policy.
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HRZone.co.uk – Barrister Charles Price
Barrister Charles Price examines a recent case in Australia involving alleged discrimination against a transvestite, and looks at the equivalent law in the UK in an employment context.
Luck certainly wasn’t …
News.yahoo.com – By Adam Tanner
San Francisco (Reuters) – California’s Supreme Court gave the final green light on Wednesday for gay marriages to begin later this month, turning down requests for a delay.
The most populous U.S. state’s highest co…
NewsInfo.Inquirer.net – By Tetch Torres
Manila, Philippines – “Sex reassignment” or sex change is not a valid ground to change the name and gender of a person, the Court of Appeals has ruled.
Based on the 23-page decision, the court affirmed the …
Law.com – Noeleen G. Walder – New York Law Journal
Appellate court finds family court’s authority over city children’s services agency limited
A family court does not have the authority to compel New York City’s Administration for Children’s Serv…
WorldOnTheWeb.com – Written by Clint Rainey
After media coverage of “pregnant man” Thomas Beatie, transsexualism seems to have suddenly emerged, deus ex machina-style, to point out a variety of flaws in conservatives’ arguments against same-sex marr…
PrideSource.com – by Rex Wockner
Lithuania must implement a process for allowing and funding sex-change operations or pay 40,000 euros ($63,600) to transsexuals who seek the surgery so they can go to another country to get it, the European Court of …
OutInDallas.com
‘The court agreed that Izza never misrepresented herself in any sense, and rejected River Oaks’ claim that transgender people have a duty to disclose their biological sex to employers.’
(Houston, Texas, April 4, 2008) – The Distri…