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  • Congress Extends Hate Crime Protections to Gays With a Senate vote on Thursday, Congress has approved a measure that expands current law to include crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Associated Press, October 22, 2009.
  • Victory! Appellate Court Strikes Down "Doctor's Note" Requirement for Transgender Name Changes A New York State appeals court today struck down a lower court's requirement that transgender people seeking to change their names provide medical evidence of their need for the name change. Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund. October 21, 2009
  • Transgender Provision Is Sought in State Hate Crimes Law The New York Times featured a story on Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund's efforts to ensure that bias-motivated attacks directed at the transgender community are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in New York. New York Times. October 12, 2009.
  • Trans Inclusive ENDA now in US Senate This week, after many years of fighting (outside of and within the LGBT Community), a trans-inclusive ENDA bill was introduced into the Senate. The Examiner, August 7, 2009.
  • State reverses policy that made it harder to get ID reflecting gender change In January, over objections of the transgender community, the state Department of Licensing made it tougher to change gender information on driver's licenses, citing goals of fighting terrorism and reducing identity theft. Last week it abruptly changed course, not just reverting to the original policy -- but making it easier than before. The Seattle Times, August 10, 2009.
  • Conviction in shooting death of transgender woman The manslaughter and hate crime verdict and Congress' recent moves to expand hate crime law bolster activists' hopes that the country will become more understanding of transgender people. Los Angeles Times, July 18 , 2009.
  • Couple Speak Out on Transgender Issues Jay, who is a female-to-male transsexual, left Kansas 10 years ago as a woman who had fought for sexual orientation to be added to the Lawrence's anti-discrimination policy is now fighting for gender identity. Lawrence Journal-World, July 05, 2009.
  • Transgender Woman Attacked in Queens Leslie Mora, a transgender woman, was walking to her home in Queens at 3:00 a.m. when she was brutally attacked by two Latino men who left her on the ground naked and bleeding. El Diario/La Prensa, July 03, 2009.
  • Obama White House not Appealing Transgender Ruling The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman. Associated Press, July 01, 2009.
  • New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday. New York Times, June 23, 2009.
  • Cher's daughter Chastity Bono transitions from female-to-male Chaz Bono (formerly Chastity Bono), long time advocate of LGBT rights, acknowledges that he began his transition from female-to-male shortly after his fourtieth birthday. Daily News, June 11, 2009.
  • Is My Marriage Gay? Gov. John Baldacci of Maine signs law that makes this state the fifth in the nation to leaglize gay marriage, but what about same-sex marriages where members of the couple have transitioned genders? The New York Times, May 11, 2009.
  • Transgender Day of Visibility Plans Erupt Locally, Nationwide Transgender Day of Visibility is in full swing, slated to take place for the first time in history on March 31. PrideSource, March 26, 2009.
  • Harsh Realities Finds Transgender Youth Face Extreme Harassment in School Transgender youth face extremely high levels of victimization in school, even more so than their non-transgender lesbian, gay and bisexual peers. Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), March 17, 2009.
  • UCSF Transgender HIV Prevention Center Funded to Provide Primary Care Information The UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention (CoE) has received a grant from The California Endowment that will expand access to information and resources on providing culturally competent health care to trangender individuals. UCSF Today, March 12, 2009.
  • UCSF Community Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Award Winners JoAnne Keatley, Director of the Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention, is presented the MLK Award. UCSF Today, February 2, 2009.
  • Civil Rights: Support for the LGBT Community President Obama supports the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and Expanding Hate Crimes Statues to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The White House, February 8, 2009.
  • Immigration Law and the Transgender Client A manual covering transgender civil rights and immigration law. Immigration Equality and the Transgender Law Center, January, 20, 2009.
  • San Francisco has started City ID Card Program San Francisco residents can receive a photo identification card that streamlines access to city programs and connects residents to local businesses, and can help the transgender community get an ID that accurately represents their identities. Office of The County Clerk, January 04, 2009.
  • Thai School offers Transsexual Toilet Thai school offers an option for trangender-identified students. BBC, July 29, 2008.
  • Transgender People and Passports Addresses the challenges that transgender people face when applying or modifying a U.S. passport. National Center for Transgender Equality, September, 2008. (PDF, 944KB)

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