All Posts Tagged With: "american civil liberties union"

Sheriff: Transgender inmate not mistreated

FLINT, Mich., (UPI) — A Michigan transgender inmate held for six days in the Genesse County jail was not mistreated, police say. The American Civil Liberties Union will investigate claims of mistreatment made by Rochelle A. Meade, who lives as a woman but remains a male anatomically, The Flint (Mich.) Journal said Friday. Meade, 38, [...]

21Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Judge: Transgender Inmates Have Right To Therapy

RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) ― A federal judge has struck down a unique Wisconsin law that prohibits transgender inmates from receiving taxpayer-funded hormone therapy, which alters their appearance to be more like that of the opposite sex. A group of male inmates who identify as female had challenged the 2006 [...]

2Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Judge rules against school in lesbian prom fight

A United States federal judge has ruled that a Mississippi school violated a lesbian student’s rights when it cancelled its prom rather than let her attend with her girlfriend. But the judge says the school board does not have to reschedule the dance because parents have already organised a “private” prom that will be open [...]

24Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gender identity bill introduced in House

– Adriana Janovich – yakima-herald.com YAKIMA, Wash. — Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., introduced a bill in the House Wednesday that aims to remedy discrimination “based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity” in public elementary and secondary schools. The Student Non-Discrimination Act seeks to help to end entrenched biases toward lesbian, gay, bisexual [...]

29Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

U.S. Job Site Bans Bias Over Gender Identity

By BRIAN KNOWLTON – The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has inserted language into the federal jobs Web site explicitly banning employment discrimination based on gender identity. The protection is expected to apply to the small transgender population — people who identify their gender differently from the information on their birth certificates [...]

6Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Bar’s New ID Policy Is a Drag

Club requires ID that matches “gender presentation” By MATT BARTOSIK – NBC Chicago Gay men and lesbian women often joke about the “membership credentials” they must have in order to be gay, a.k.a. their “gay card.” But a popular gay bar in Elk Grove Village wasn’t kidding when it imposed a new policy, requiring an [...]

21Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued