Month: June 2013

Howe v. Haslam (USA)

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The Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of Howe v. Haslam, a lawsuit brought against Tennesse’s HB600 the “Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce…

Justine McNally (UK)

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A court in the United Kingdom upheld the conviction of Justine McNally for posing as a male so she could…

Victoria Owens (USA)

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Victoria Owens, a transgender woman, alleges that she did not receive medication to assist her transition while she was incarcerated…

What About the WOMEN?

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Recently, a friend ran across a PowerPoint from 2009 entitled Transgender Inmates in California’s Prisons: An Empirical Study of a Vulnerable…

Nugent v. Rush (USA)

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Anthony Nugent, who will be in prison until 2024,  is suing Correctional Officer Rush and the California Department of Corrections and…

Mathis v. Eagleside Elementary School (USA)

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The Colorado Division of Civil Rights has held that a school district violated a boy’s civil rights by denying him…

U.S. Personnel Management Office (USA)

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The U.S.  Personnel Management Office has issues a proposed rule to governing the Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel for Contributions…

Franklin v. Hardy (USA)

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Jose Franklin (“Franklin”), also known as Monica Franklin, is a transgendered Illinois state prisoner confined at the Stateville Correctional Center (“Stateville”)…

Delaware (USA)

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Senate Bill 97 would ban discrimination based on gender identity.  The bill was recently amended to clarify that gender identity…

Klein v. Chandler (USA)

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Dr. Ira Klein, a Houston doctor serving 11 years in prison for insurance fraud and threatening to kill a federal…