Seven UN Agencies: Surgery as a Condition of Legal Recognition is Forced Sterilization
In "Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization - An interagency statement," the World Health Organization (WHO) and several other UN agencies have recognized that sterilization without the "full, free and informed consent
BREAKING NEWS: New York State Modernizes Requirements for Birth Certificate Gender Markers
The New York State Department of Health, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, just announced it has modernized its policy regarding updating gender markers on birth certificates.
Leading LGBT Groups: Halt Deportations and Detention
The nation's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations this week sent a letter to the White House and Department of Homeland Security echoing the growing call for a halt to the mass detention and deportation of immigrants.
LGBT Workers Continue to Face Unfair Discrimination
Today, as Exxon Mobil’s shareholders vote again to deny workplace protections to its lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees, and the city of Houston, Texas votes on whether to extend such protections to LGBT workers, a newly rele
NCTE Trains Job Centers Throughout the U.S. on Serving Transgender Job Seekers
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) recently trained staff from Job Centers on how to make their services transgender friendly and transgender competent. What is a Job Center? State and local governments, with U.S.