Posts from 2014 | National Center for Transgender Equality

Blog

Posts from 2014

January 29, 2014

New Analysis Released on Suicide Among Trans and Gender Nonconforming People

On Tuesday, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and the Williams Institute, released new analysis from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS), which was released by NCTE and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

suicide
January 28, 2014

9 Things President Obama Can Do to Address Trans Economic Inequality

Today, ahead of the annual State of the Union speech,  President Barack Obama took an important step addressing income inequality by raising the minimum wage of new federal workers to $10.10, helping to ease the fi

January 27, 2014

UN Paper: Trans Health, Rights Must Be at the Center of Development Work

A discussion paper on Transgender Health & Human Rights, published by The United Nations Development Program

lgbt
January 23, 2014

LGBT Advocates Disappointed Rules for Community Care Fail to Protect LGBT Seniors

The undersigned LGBT organizations are deeply disappointed that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it will not add explicit nondiscrimination protections for LGBT and other consumers to Medicaid's Home- and Community-B

aging, lgbt
January 13, 2014

Chris Christie Puts up a Road Block for Transgender New Jerseyans: Vetoes Birth Certificate Modernization Bill

The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is disappointed to report Governor Christie vetoed a bill today that would have made it easier for transgender individuals to get new birth certificates issued with the correct name and gender.

Join Our Mailing List

   Please leave this field empty