FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2024 Media contact:  K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org *** Colorado prisons to take significant steps to improve healthcare, safety for transgender women in their care; pay $2.15 million in damages for class members  DENVER, Colorado – A Denver County District Court judge approved sweeping changes to Colorado’s prison system today, […] The post COLORADO JUDGE APPROVES GROUNDBREAKING CONSENT DECREE IN TRANSGENDER RIGHTS CLASS ACTION appeared first on Transgender Law Center ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2024 CONTACT: Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org  Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org K Richardson, TLC, k@transgenderlawcenter.org AUSTIN, Texas – Today, the Travis County District Court granted a temporary injunction blocking the Texas Attorney General’s Office’s latest effort targeting transgender Texans—its demand that PFLAG National turn […] The post VICTORY! Court Grants Temporary Injunction Against Texas Attorney General’s Latest Attack on Texas Families with Transgender Youth ..read more

MEDIA ADVISORY  Friday, March 22, 2024  CONTACT: Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org  K Richardson, Transgender Law Center, k@transgenderlawcenter.org AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, legal advocates will urge the Travis County District Court to grant a temporary injunction blocking the Texas Attorney General’s Office’s latest effort […] The post Legal Advocates Ask Court to Extend Block on Texas Attorney General’s Latest Attack on Families with Transgender Youth appeared first ..read more

National nonprofit and its lawyers argue the Office is abusing its power with broad and intrusive demand for organizational records FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 29, 2024 CONTACT: Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org K Richardson, TLC, k@transgenderlawcenter.org AUSTIN, Texas – PFLAG National filed a lawsuit Wednesday […] The post PFLAG National Asks Court to Block the Texas Attorney General’s Latest Attack on Texan Families with Transgender Youth appeared first on Transgender Law Cente ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2024 CONTACT: K Richardson, Transgender Law Center, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org  Eli Duffy, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, eduffy@glma.org Laura McGinnis, PFLAG National, lmcginnis@pflag.orgKristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban Receives Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of Texas AUSTIN, Texas — Legal […] The post Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban Receives Hearing in Texas State Supreme Court appeared first on Transgender Law Center ..read more

MEDIA ADVISORY January 29, 2024 CONTACT: Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org K Richardson, Transgender Law Center, k@transgenderlawcenter.org WHAT: Tomorrow, legal advocates representing transgender adolescents and their parents and medical providers will urge the Supreme Court of Texas to affirm a lower court’s granting of a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of Senate […] The post Legal Advocates to Urge Texas Supreme Court to Affirm Ruling Blocking Ban on Medical Care for Transgender Texas Youth appeared first on Transgen ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 11, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org [NATIONAL] — The Transgender Law Center (TLC) today announced the launch of the Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at fostering a new era of empowered transgender and nonbinary voices in the field of communications and narrative strategy. […] The post Transgender Law Center Launches Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab to Amplify Trans Voices and Build Trans Political Power appeared first on Transgender Law Center ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Plaintiffs file federal suit to overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute Lawsuit challenges requirement to register as a violent sex offender based on HIV status MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute and related sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional and violate the […] The post Plaintiffs File Federal Suit to Overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution Statute appeared first on Transgender Law Center ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 18, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Zavé Martohardjono, Digital Communications Strategist, zave@transgenderlawcenter.org NEW YORK, NY—The Transgender Law Center’s Disability Project today launched the Disabled & Deaf Trans People’s Survey (DTPS). The DTPS is a survey created by and for disabled and Deaf trans people to gather and share knowledge about […] The post Transgender Law Center’s Disability Project Launches First Ever Disabled and Deaf Trans People Survey appeared first on Transgender Law Center ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  August 31, 2023  CONTACT:   Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org  Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org K Richardson, TLC, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org   AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court today refused to grant an emergency request for temporary relief and allowed Senate Bill 14, the state’s unconstitutional medical care ban, […] The post Legal Advocates to Texas Trans Youth and Families: The Fight is Far from Over appeared first on Transgender Law Center ..read more