Stop Prison Rape in Texas
Posted OnNovember 24, 2014 byThe Prison Rape Elimination Act or PREA is a federal law designed to eliminate sexual abuse of people in custody. But despite the fact that Texas has more prison facilities with higher rates of sexual assault than any other state, Texas Gov. Rick Perry stated that Texas would not comply with PREA’s standards. Lambda Legal…Read More…
Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination
Posted OnSeptember 11, 2014 by[{“content”:”At 92, Robina Asti, a WWII veteran and pilot, tells her story of living as a transgender woman since 1976 and her fight to be treated like any other widow.rnrnFlying Solo was released in January 2014. Lambda Legal represented Robina Asti after she was denied survivor benefits by the Social Security Administration (SSA) following her…Read More…
(VIDEO) Lambda Legal and Transgender Woman Celebrate Successful Fight Against Discrimination and Harassment at Halfway House
Posted OnSeptember 4, 2014 byToday, Lambda Legal released a video documenting Donisha McShan’s successful fight to be treated as a woman while at The H Group, the Marion, Illinois, halfway house where she was receiving substance abuse counseling. Lambda Legal sent a demand letter to The H Group after Ms. McShan contacted Lambda Legal’s Help Desk. Watch the video…Read More…
Lambda Legal and Transgender Woman Celebrate Successful Fight Against Discrimination and Harassment at Halfway House
Posted OnSeptember 4, 2014 by“It was like I have been living my life on mute, singing, screaming, and yelling and somebody finally pressed the mute button and someone heard me.” Today, Lambda Legal released a video documenting Donisha McShan’s successful fight to be treated as a woman while at The H Group, the Marion, Illinois, halfway house where she…Read More…
Interests of Amici Curiae
Posted OnAugust 5, 2014 byIn My Own Words: Donisha McShan
Posted OnJune 10, 2014 byBy Donisha McShan I am a transgender woman. I first realized that I felt more like a girl than a boy when I was four years old, but it wasn’t until 1999 that I started hormone therapy. For the past fifteen years, I have lived openly in the world as a woman. In August of…Read More…
Health and Medical Organization Statements On Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity/Expression and “Reparative Therapy”
Posted OnMay 5, 2014 byAmerican Medical Association Policy Number H-160.991, Health Care Needs of Homosexual Population “[B]elieves that the physician’s nonjudgmental recognition of sexual orientation and behavior enhances the ability to render optimal patient care in health as well as in illness[,]” and “opposes the use of ‘reparative’ or ‘conversion’ therapy that is based upon the assumption that homosexuality…Read More…
Lambda Legal Sues Doctor and Clinic for Denying Medical Care to Transgender Woman
Posted OnApril 16, 2014 byYesterday, in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Naya Taylor, a transgender woman denied medical care after she requested hormone replacement therapy. The lawsuit alleges a violation of the ACA’s non-discrimination provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, (which…Read More…
Transgender Incarcerated People in Crisis
Posted OnDecember 5, 2013 byNearly one in six transgender Americans has been to prison—and nearly half of all black transgender people. Once behind bars, discriminatory policies and the constant threat of sexual assault can make prison a living hell for this already mistreated group. The transgender prison crisis is part of a larger pattern of violence and discrimination in…Read More…
Creating Equal Access to Quality Health Care for Transgender Patients: Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies
Posted OnNovember 4, 2013 byOver the last decade, hospitals throughout the United States have recognized that some groups of people face significant barriers to health care because of historic bias and discrimination against them. Many efforts have been launched to identify these groups, learn more about the challenges they face in health care, and welcome them into the nation’s…Read More…